CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Garshyna, Oleksandra |
|---|---|
| Title | ON THE WAY TO LOBBYING REGULATION: examining the influence of international and domestic processes on the development and adoption of legislation on lobbying regulation in Ukraine |
| Summary | This thesis analyzes the attempts to develop and adopt legislation on lobbying regulation in Ukraine that took place in the country since its independence in 1991. The choice of Ukraine as a case study is driven by the fact that this country had seven attempts to develop and adopt legislation on lobbying regulation and none of them was successful, even though these processes were characterized by the active involvement of international community. Hence, Ukraine constitutes a strong subject for the research, as this case contradicts to the theoretical assumptions that suggest that country‘s high integration with the international system creates higher likelihood of the adoption of regulations promoted by international actors. Therefore, relying on elite and expert interviews and comprehensive examination of secondary data, this thesis analyzes international and domestic processes that influenced the attempts to develop and adopt lobbying legislation in Ukraine. As a result, the research identifies such forms of influence as policy enforcement, policy learning, technical assistance, conditional financial help and policy advice, that were used by international actors and were able to boost lobbying regulatory process in Ukraine. However, based on the findings of the thesis, it is possible to conclude that even in case of an internationally driven regulatory effort, domestic obstacles were still able to significantly hinder lobbying reform because of the influence of political confrontation, influential interest groups and reluctance of certain legislators, the presence of which was identified in Ukraine‘s case. |
| Supervisor | Granger, Marie-Pierre; Bianculli, Andrea |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/garshyna_oleksandra.pdf |
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