Transnationalization and Regulatory Change in the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood

"Langbein’s fascinating new book is the first to treat systematically the European Union and Russia as truly duelling regulatory forces. Focusing on a case study of Ukraine, she provides a nuanced picture of when and where regulations converge with either EU or Russian preferences. Her focus on ‘domestic empowerment’ is especially welcome."

Wade Jacoby, Mary Lou Fulton Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University, USA.

"This is a highly relevant and timely book, an important contribution to the literature of transnational market making. By exploring various patterns of transnationalization in the Ukrainian economy, the book offers clear and sharp analytical tools to understand the links between regulatory convergence, economic development and regional stability. A must read for students of the political economy of Europeanization in the peripheries of Europe and for everyone who wants a better grasp of the regional dimensions of the present crisis in Ukraine."

László Bruszt,Professor of Sociology, European University Institute, Italy.

"This book is a timely reminder that behind the scenes of the battle for territory and influence unfolding in Eastern Ukraine, global competitive pressures and domestic regulatory capacity building play an important role in determining Ukraine’s convergence with European Union standards."

Antoaneta L. Dimitrova, Associate Professor, Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

"Julia Langbein's Transnationalization and Regulatory Change in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood is an excellent and lucid account of institutional change in post-communist Ukraine. It is a first class study of regulatory change and its sources in areas far away from the gaze of most of the scholars of European Union and comparative regulation and transnationalization. I expect this rigorous and theoretically rich study to serve as an authoritative account of regulation and transnationalization and as an example to follow in the study of other sectors, issues, countries and eras."

David Levi-Faur, Professor at the Federmann School of Public Policy and the Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

"Overall, this is a great book which provides a good analysis of regulatory change in Ukraine and the role played by the EU and Russia in this process. While the European Union is portrayed as a unified actor, Russia is a combination of several different players that have the opposite effect on sectoral regulatory change in Ukraine."

NATALIYA MUZYKA, University of Edinburgh, Europe-Asia Studies