| Description |
1 online resource (528 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; vol. 245 |
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Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 245.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Appendices -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword by Sabine Kropp -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Problem definition and research question -- 1.1.1 Why should we care about formal institutional mechanisms for citizen participation? -- 1.1.2 Ukraine's hybrid regime as an ambiguous case for local citizen participation -- 1.1.3 Why is the variation in institutional mechanisms for citizen participation in Ukraine puzzling? -- 1.1.4 The research question |
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1.2 Central argument: Institutions for citizen participation as a by-product of local patronal politics -- 1.3 Methodological approach -- 1.4 Contribution -- 1.5 Structure of the book -- 2 Citizen Participation Concept and Its Operationalization for the Cases in Ukraine -- 2.1 Conceptualizing citizen participation -- 2.1.1 Theoretical approaches to citizen participation: Between democracy enhancement and government efficiency -- 2.1.2 Definition of citizen participation as a multi-dimensional process -- 2.2 Operationalizing citizen participation through formal institutional mechanisms |
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2.2.1 Institutional mechanisms for citizen participation in Ukraine -- 2.2.2 Measurement of variation in institutional mechanisms for citizen participation -- 2.3 Conclusion -- 3 A Framework for Explaining Variation in Opportunities for Local Citizen Participation -- 3.1 Unpacking the context for citizen participation: Hybrid political regime -- 3.1.1 Alternative conceptualizations of regime hybridity -- 3.1.2 Hybrid regime as the outcome of elite interactions that limit access to societal resources and functions -- 3.2 Conceptualizing patronal networks and their arrangements |
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3.2.1 Arrangements of patronal networks: The typology -- 3.2.2 Cohesion in patronal networks -- 3.2.3 Delineating patronal networks from corrupt networks -- 3.3 Explaining opportunities for citizen participation: Patronal networks and resource preferences of incumbents -- 3.3.1 Uncertainty in patronal network arrangements and the institutional preferences of local politicians -- 3.3.2 Explicating the causal mechanism: the functional fit of citizen participation to incumbents' governance resources |
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3.4 Summary: How incumbent cherry-picking in varying arrangements of patronal networks translates into diverse opportunities for citizen participation -- 4 Research Context and Design -- 4.1 Context of the study -- 4.1.1 Ukrainian patronal politics and its sub-national dimension -- 4.1.2 Institutional enablers for patronal politics at the local level -- 4.2 Empirical strategy and main methodological considerations -- 4.2.1 Comparative case study in five purposefully selected cities -- 4.2.2 Data collection: semi-structured interviews, open data sources and (local) media |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Municipal government -- Ukraine -- Citizen participation
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Patronage, Political -- Ukraine
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Municipal government -- Citizen participation
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Patronage, Political
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Ukraine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783838276717 |
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383827671X |
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