Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne, 2019, nr 2

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Civil society as an actor in the political processes of local governance reform in Ukraine
(Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM w Poznaniu, 2019) Zheltovskyy, Vadym
One of the first laws adopted by the new political leadership in Ukraine in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity in 2014 was the new concept of local governance reform and the organization of territorial authority in Ukraine. The aforementioned law, as well as official declarations by top politicians on the necessity of empowering Ukrainian citizens to take part in the decision-making process and shape their local communities, led to positive expectations regarding the transformation of local governance in Ukraine. Therefore, this article addresses the issue of the legal basis framing the functioning of civil society in Ukraine, focusing on major attempts to conduct reform and on the main outcomes of implemented actions. Additionally, emphasis is placed on the current state of cooperation between social and political actors, and the trends in civil participation in the decision-making process regarding decentralization and local governance reform in Ukraine.