Peculiarities of Ukrainians’ Approval of Decentralization Reform

Marta Dmytryshyn, Roman Dmytryshyn, Valentyna Yakubiv and Andriy Zagorodnyuk
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Marta Dmytryshyn: Department of Management and Administration, West Ukrainian National University, 46009 Ternopil, Ukraine
Roman Dmytryshyn: Department of Mathematical and Functional Analysis, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, 76018 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Valentyna Yakubiv: Department of Management and Business Administration, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, 76018 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Andriy Zagorodnyuk: Department of Mathematical and Functional Analysis, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, 76018 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Administrative Sciences, 2021, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-33

Abstract: Every countrywide reform can always have specific opponents and fans as the changes make people leave their comfort zone. As an example, we have chosen a Ukrainian decentralization reform. Although this local self-government reform can be considered the most successful in our country, the attitude of Ukrainians to the changes has not always been unambiguous. Using taxonomic analysis, the paper calculates the integrated indicator of public approval of decentralization reform in Ukraine based on sociological research for 2015–2020. We have described the features of conducting surveys in different periods and identified the reasons for the emergence of such an attitude to the reform. We have also calculated the weights of the impact of each primary indicator on the integrated indicator, which helped us identify the weaknesses and strengths of the reform in public opinion Furthermore, the analysis allowed us to reveal and substantiate a set of problems in implementing decentralization reform in Ukraine, and the causes and solutions were worked out for each problem. Finally, we have made a generalized algorithm for the application of the experience of public opinion analysis in planning and carrying out reforms.

Keywords: Ukraine; decentralization; public opinion; taxonomic analysis; integrated indicator; approval of the reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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