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Author Romanova, Valentyna, author.

Title Decentralization and Multilevel Elections in Ukraine : Reform Dynamics and Party Politics in 2010-2021 / Valentyna Romanova ; with a foreword by Kimitaka Matsuzato
Published Stuttgart : Ibidem Verlag, [2022]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society ; vol. 249
Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 249.
Contents Intro -- Endorsements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 The Rise of Local Authority -- Policy Learning -- Policy Change -- 2 No Rise of Regional Authority -- Policy Learning -- (Attempts at) Policy Change -- 3 The Dynamics of Regionalized Party Competition -- 4 Multilevel Elections' Incongruence and Decentralization -- 5 Multilevel Competition and Decentralization -- 6 The Aftermath of Regional Contests. The Indirect Elections of Regional Council Heads -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index -- Endorsements
Summary The post-2014 decentralisation policy is consolidating the centre-periphery relations in Ukraine. Already before 2014, domestic policymakers had been drafting proposals for local amalgamation and an increase of regional authority. Before the 2020 watershed subnational elections, only the local amalgamation policy was completed, however. A significant repercussion of the post-2014 decentralisation reform has been a sharp decrease in congruence of the shares of competing national parties in the parliamentary, regional, and municipal electoral arenas. On the other hand, the party system has, at the municipal level, become less fragmented. Methodologically, the book synthesises conceptual tools and theoretical insights from democratisation studies and the field of territorial politics. It applies the subnational comparative method and illustrates the added value of investigating elections from a multilevel perspective. Romanova's innovative monograph provides an important contribution to the comparative exploration of party system change over time and constitutes a case study of more general patterns of interaction bet-ween municipal decentralisation and electoral competition in democratising states. -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 19, 2023)
Subject Elections -- Ukraine
Elections
Politics and government
SUBJECT Ukraine -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject Ukraine
Form Electronic book
Author Matsuzato, Kimitaka
ISBN 9783838277004
3838277007