Decentralization Reform in Ukraine: Assessment of the Chosen Transformation Model

• Authors: Volodymyr Udovychenko , Anatoliy Melnychuk , Oleksiy Gnatiuk , Pavlo Ostapenko
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Ukraine has to reform the spatial organization of power, which involves alteration of the administrative-territorial division in very difficult socio-economic and political conditions. Despite a great interest in the Ukrainian decentralization reform in scientific publications and media, the influence of chosen voluntary consolidation mode on the newly formed territorial communities, including their spatial configuration, economic potential and institutional capability, remains uncovered. Trying to shed some light on the issue, the authors made an attempt to reveal advantages and disadvantages of the selected model of reform on the example of the Perspective Plan of Territorial Communities Formation in Kyiv Region.

Keywords

EN

decentralization reform; administrative-territorial division; territorial community; plan for territorial communities formation

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: European Spatial Research and Policy
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 23-40

Dates

published

2017-10-06

Contributors

author

Volodymyr Udovychenko

• Academy of Municipal Administration

author

Anatoliy Melnychuk

• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4419-1446

author

Oleksiy Gnatiuk

• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1818-2415

author

Pavlo Ostapenko

• Non-Governmental Organization ‘Ukrainian Researches Society’

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/esrp-2017-0002