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X-WR-CALNAME:Is Ukraine too corrupt to join the EU? Anticorruption reform\,
  corruption perceptions\, and measurement debates
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DESCRIPTION:Ukraine's EU accession depends greatly on success in tackling c
 orruption. Since 2014\, Ukraine has built an extensive anticorruption inst
 itutional architecture\, which has produced significant policy outcomes\, 
 but perception indices still show Ukraine as trailing most other European 
 countries. This article summarizes Ukraine’s post-Euromaidan anticorrupt
 ion reforms in the context of similar reforms pursued by other post-Commun
 ist EU candidate states pre-accession. The article then examines Ukraine
 ’s corruption perceptions’ indices trajectory in comparative terms and
  wades into the debate over whether different types of perception indices 
 proxy well for corruption incidence. The comparative look suggests that Uk
 raine is better prepared for EU accession in terms of control of corruptio
 n than is widely assumed.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nMaria Popova is an Assoc
 iate Professor of Political Science at McGill University and Scientific Di
 rector of the Jean Monnet Centre Montreal. She also serves as Editor of th
 e Cambridge Elements Series on Politics and Society from Central Europe to
  Central Asia. Her work explores the rule of law and democracy in Eastern 
 Europe. Her first book\, Politicized Justice in Emerging Democracies\, whi
 ch won the American Association for Ukrainian Studies book prize in 2013\,
  examines the weaponization of law to manipulate elections and control the
  media in Russia and Ukraine. Her recent articles have focused on judicial
  and anticorruption reform in post-Maidan Ukraine\, the politics of antico
 rruption campaigns in Eastern Europe\, conspiracies\, and illiberalism. He
 r new book with Oxana Shevel on the roots of the Russo-Ukrainian war entit
 led Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories\, Diverging States is now avai
 lable from Polity Press.\n\nREDS: RETHINKING EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT AND SECU
 RITY\n\nThe REDS Seminar Series aims to deepen the research agenda on the 
 new challenges facing Europe\, especially on its eastern flank\, and to bu
 ild intellectual and institutional bridges across Stanford University\, fo
 stering interdisciplinary approaches to current global challenges.\n\nREDS
  is organized by The Europe Center and the Center on Democracy\, Developme
 nt and the Rule of Law\, and co-sponsored by the Hoover Institution and th
 e Center for Russian\, East European and Eurasian Studies.\n\nLearn more a
 bout REDS and view past seminars here.
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LOCATION:Encina Hall\, William J. Perry Conference Room
SUMMARY:Is Ukraine too corrupt to join the EU? Anticorruption reform\, corr
 uption perceptions\, and measurement debates
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/is-ukraine-too-corrupt-to-j
 oin-the-eu-anticorruption-reform-corruption-perceptions-and-measurement-de
 bates
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