The framing of IMF and World Bank in political reform debates: The role of political orientation and policy fields in the cases of Russia and Ukraine 

Neuer Aufsatz von Heiko Pleines in der Zeitschrift Global Social Policy.

Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1177/1468018120929773

Abstract
The article presents a content analysis of assessments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in parliamentary debates in Russia (1998–2008) and Ukraine (2010–2019) in order to understand the position of domestic actors in cases of conditionality-based international support. Russia and Ukraine offer the opportunity to compare periods with and without an active loan agreement with the IMF for domestic actors across the full political spectrum. In addition, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization are included in the analysis to allow a comparison with international organisations not working with financial conditionality. The analysis examines the general image of international organisations and differentiates between political camps and policy fields, with a special focus on social policy.