Substituting for the State: The Role of Volunteers in Defense Reform in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine
While the role of volunteers in sustaining the Ukrainian armed forces against the backdrop of Russian aggression since 2014 has been widely acknowledged in literature, the effect of volunteer initiatives on the state defense capacity in longer term has not been studied thus far. This article aims to...
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National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
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| description | While the role of volunteers in sustaining the Ukrainian armed forces against the backdrop of Russian aggression since 2014 has been widely acknowledged in literature, the effect of volunteer initiatives on the state defense capacity in longer term has not been studied thus far. This article aims to address this gap and explore whether volunteer participation led to institutional strengthening of the Ukrainian defense state capacity or to its weakening. The analysis will conclude that the volunteers in fact contributed to both – strengthening the state and weakening it at the same time; the outcome dependent on the context in which the volunteers took action at different times. While volunteer participation failed to bring about systemic reform, it did provide powerful democratic oversight over the state’s key defense institution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4c58eb941fb04321b5620c0ad89ff0b62022-12-21T23:56:58ZengNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla AcademyKyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal2414-99422017-09-013477010.18523/kmlpj119985.2017-3.47-70Substituting for the State: The Role of Volunteers in Defense Reform in Post-Euromaidan UkraineKateryna Zarembo0National University of Kyiv-Mohyla AcademyWhile the role of volunteers in sustaining the Ukrainian armed forces against the backdrop of Russian aggression since 2014 has been widely acknowledged in literature, the effect of volunteer initiatives on the state defense capacity in longer term has not been studied thus far. This article aims to address this gap and explore whether volunteer participation led to institutional strengthening of the Ukrainian defense state capacity or to its weakening. The analysis will conclude that the volunteers in fact contributed to both – strengthening the state and weakening it at the same time; the outcome dependent on the context in which the volunteers took action at different times. While volunteer participation failed to bring about systemic reform, it did provide powerful democratic oversight over the state’s key defense institution.http://kmlpj.ukma.edu.ua/article/view/119985/115075civil societyukrainevolunteersinstitutionsdefense reformeuromaidan |
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| title | Substituting for the State: The Role of Volunteers in Defense Reform in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine |
| title_full | Substituting for the State: The Role of Volunteers in Defense Reform in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine |
| title_fullStr | Substituting for the State: The Role of Volunteers in Defense Reform in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Substituting for the State: The Role of Volunteers in Defense Reform in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine |
| title_short | Substituting for the State: The Role of Volunteers in Defense Reform in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine |
| title_sort | substituting for the state the role of volunteers in defense reform in post euromaidan ukraine |
| topic | civil society ukraine volunteers institutions defense reform euromaidan |
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