CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Romanovska, Oleksandra |
|---|---|
| Title | Contrasting the Administrative-territorials Reforms in Poland and Ukraine: Why Similar Countries Chose Different Decentralization Paths |
| Summary | The primary focus of this thesis is to analyze why Poland and Ukraine - two countries that are substantially similar in terms of their history, size, experiences with socialism and challenges they faced just after its fall - have achieved absolutely different results in their governance, and why Poland is more successful compared to Ukraine in its decentralization reforms. By means of contrasting the administrative-territorial reforms of the two countries from 1990 to the present, as well as through a comparison analysis of Historical Context of Reforms, Actors Participating in Reforms and Nature and Goals of Reforms this paper answers the research question: why these particular decentralization reforms were implemented in Poland but not in Ukraine. The paper argues that the differences between the varying paths of decentralization reforms and the success of Poland in governance as compared to Ukraine are explained by (1) the existence of appropriate historical conditions in Poland – more pluralism and chances to democracy; (2) the existence in Poland and absence of Ukraine of more professional and less privately oriented actors who voluntary decentralized the power from top to down; and (3) the properly chosen focus of reforms in Poland – creating the strong municipalities that efficiently deliver public services to Polish citizens – and the simple application of foreign (French) experience in Ukraine. |
| Supervisor | Kalman Mizsei |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/romanovska_oleksandra.pdf |
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