03623oam 2200601 c 450 991095482390332120260102090118.03-8382-7700-79783838277004(MiAaPQ)EBC7135235(Au-PeEL)EBL7135235(CKB)25315254700041(ibidem)9783838277004(EXLCZ)992531525470004120260102d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDecentralization and Multilevel Elections in Ukraine Reform Dynamics and Party Politics in 2010–2021 /Valentyna Romanova, Andreas Umland, Kimitaka Matsuzato1st ed.Hannoveribidem20221 online resource (221 pages)Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society249Print version: Romanova, Valentyna Decentralization and Multilevel Elections in Ukraine Berlin : Ibidem Verlag,c2022 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.The post-2014 decentralization policy is consolidating the center-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 decentralization 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. Regional councils have, in contrast, remained highly fragmented. The outcomes of the indirect elections of regional councils’ heads have benefitted Ukraine’s ruling party. Methodologically, the book illustrates the added value of investigating elections from a multilevel perspective. It contributes to the comparative exploration of party systems change over time, and constitutes a case study of more general patterns of interaction between municipal decentralization and political development in democratizing states.Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;Volume 249.DecentralizationDezentralisierungMultilevel ElectionsPolitical developmentUkraineWahlenDecentralizationDezentralisierungMultilevel ElectionsPolitical developmentUkraineWahlen324.6Romanova Valentynaaut1712279Umland AndreasedtMatsuzato KimitakaauiMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954823903321Decentralization and multilevel elections in Ukraine4104285UNINA