Why are Ukrainian adoption experiences are all unique? And why does a translator's job seem to be more then translation?


I read a very heavy and scholarly book called "State and Institution Building in Ukraine". This is edited by Taras Kuzio, Robert S. Kravchuk, Paul D'Anieri and published in 1999. It was food for thought.


I believe that institutional uncertainty plays a major role in why everyone has a different experience.


Ukraine is not the only country with this issue. For an US example see the BCIS.


When I filled the I-600A, I was totally uncertain what to expect from the BCIS. Would they take 3 weeks or 3 months? Would they call me if there was a problem or would they send a note in the mail?


But I had an method to deal with this uncertainty when I couldn't get answers from the BCIS. I contacted my Senator’s office. My Senator had answers for me within 24 hours. But I have run into people who didn’t realize that their Senator or Representative could get them answers.





On August 24, 1991 when Ukraine became a country, never before had that configuration of land and people been a country.


Before 1991, the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) was really a shadow. For lack of better words, Ukraine was a colony of Russia. The Rada did what they were told.


Unlike other countries that make the shift away from a totalitarian Communist government, Ukraine kept many old communist party members in the Rada via election. In the Rada 1990 election 25% of the winners were Democratic minded individuals. The remaining people who were elected were communist candidates.

In Ukraine, development of new political institutions has taken place within the structures inherited from the Soviet system, and this hangover continues to exert significant influence due to the continued presence of cadres of the old regime. As such, the process of institution building has not other alternative but to be evolutionary rather then revolutionary. The communists occupied 373 seats out of 450 seats in the first parliament that continued to function after Ukraine became independent and lasted until 1994.

From: State and Institution Building in Ukraine

To be continued another night... I need to get to bed.


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Institutional Uncertainty
Chernobyl
Ukraine's Government from 1991 to 1994
Ukraine's Government from 2000 to 2006
Why is everyone's adoption experience unique?
Corruption