| ID | 084755 |
| Title Proper | Manipulating politics |
| Other Title Information | domestic investors in Ukrainian privatisation auctions 2000-2004 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Pleines, Heiko |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article focuses on political aspects of Ukrainian privatisation auctions during the presidency of Leonid Kuchma. It contributes to a discussion of the role of big national investors, or so-called oligarchs, in the context of a regime of competitive authoritarianism in Ukraine. A quantitative evaluation is made by means of an assessment of the values of the winning bids in the privatisation auctions under Kuchma and this is linked to a characterisation of the successful bidders in terms of their links to oligarchical networks. As a result distinct strategies of the Yushchenko and the Yanukovych governments towards auctions and towards oligarchs in general can be identified. |
| `In' analytical Note | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 60,No. 7;Sep 2008:p1177 - 1197 |
| Journal Source | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 60,No. 7;Sep 2008:p1177 - 1197 |
| Key Words | Manipulating Politics ; Domestic Investors ; Ukrainian ; Leonid Kuchma ; State Executive ; Legal Regulation |