Municipal reform of 2015 in Ukraine: Implementation and first results

Муниципальная реформа 2015 года в Украине: реализация и первые итоги

Gusakov, Timur (Гусаков, Тимур) ()
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Russian Peasant Studies, 2019, vol. 4, 138-159

Abstract: Local self-government is a structuring element of the institutional environment; thus, its functioning determines the development of territories. The trend of municipal re- forming appeared in the countries of Western Europe as early as the mid-1970s due to the general federalization and the empowerment of local authorities. Later similar re- forms began in the post-Soviet countries. In 2015, Ukraine adopted the Conception of reforming local self-government and territorial organization of power. According to this Conception, the hierarchy of state power was to be optimized and a new administrative-territorial structure reflecting the contemporary system of social and economic rela- tions in the regions of Ukraine was to be formed. The article considers the evolution of the administrative-territorial and municipal structure of the Ukrainian regions, analyzes the international experience of the reform, and identifies the essence of the municipal reform of 2015 highlighting its strengths and weaknesses.

Keywords: local self-government; local authorities; municipal reform; state administration; system of management; community; institutional environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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