How patronal networks shape opportunities for local citizen participation in a hybrid regime : a comparative analysis of five cities in Ukraine /

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Keudel, Oleksandra (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Stuttgart : Ibidem Verlag, [2022]
Collection:Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 245.
Sujets:
Municipal government > Ukraine > Citizen participation.
Patronage, Political > Ukraine.
Administration municipale > Ukraine > Participation des citoyens.
Favoritisme > Ukraine.
Municipal government > Citizen participation
Patronage, Political
Ukraine
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Appendices
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Foreword by Sabine Kropp
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Problem definition and research question
  • 1.1.1 Why should we care about formal institutional mechanisms for citizen participation?
  • 1.1.2 Ukraine's hybrid regime as an ambiguous case for local citizen participation
  • 1.1.3 Why is the variation in institutional mechanisms for citizen participation in Ukraine puzzling?
  • 1.1.4 The research question
  • 1.2 Central argument: Institutions for citizen participation as a by-product of local patronal politics
  • 1.3 Methodological approach
  • 1.4 Contribution
  • 1.5 Structure of the book
  • 2 Citizen Participation Concept and Its Operationalization for the Cases in Ukraine
  • 2.1 Conceptualizing citizen participation
  • 2.1.1 Theoretical approaches to citizen participation: Between democracy enhancement and government efficiency
  • 2.1.2 Definition of citizen participation as a multi-dimensional process
  • 2.2 Operationalizing citizen participation through formal institutional mechanisms
  • 2.2.1 Institutional mechanisms for citizen participation in Ukraine
  • 2.2.2 Measurement of variation in institutional mechanisms for citizen participation
  • 2.3 Conclusion
  • 3 A Framework for Explaining Variation in Opportunities for Local Citizen Participation
  • 3.1 Unpacking the context for citizen participation: Hybrid political regime
  • 3.1.1 Alternative conceptualizations of regime hybridity
  • 3.1.2 Hybrid regime as the outcome of elite interactions that limit access to societal resources and functions
  • 3.2 Conceptualizing patronal networks and their arrangements
  • 3.2.1 Arrangements of patronal networks: The typology
  • 3.2.2 Cohesion in patronal networks
  • 3.2.3 Delineating patronal networks from corrupt networks
  • 3.3 Explaining opportunities for citizen participation: Patronal networks and resource preferences of incumbents
  • 3.3.1 Uncertainty in patronal network arrangements and the institutional preferences of local politicians
  • 3.3.2 Explicating the causal mechanism: the functional fit of citizen participation to incumbents' governance resources
  • 3.4 Summary: How incumbent cherry-picking in varying arrangements of patronal networks translates into diverse opportunities for citizen participation
  • 4 Research Context and Design
  • 4.1 Context of the study
  • 4.1.1 Ukrainian patronal politics and its sub-national dimension
  • 4.1.2 Institutional enablers for patronal politics at the local level
  • 4.2 Empirical strategy and main methodological considerations
  • 4.2.1 Comparative case study in five purposefully selected cities
  • 4.2.2 Data collection: semi-structured interviews, open data sources and (local) media

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