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Local Elections in Independent Ukraine: The Case Study of Nikolayev*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Olena Yatsunska
Olena Yatsunska*
Affiliation:
Department of Socio-Political Sciences at the Nikolayev Branch of the 1. 1. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Ukraine, [email protected]
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In the current situation of societal modernization and transformation of the political system of Ukraine, one of the most important problems facing the country is the formation of a system of local self-government that can act effectively. If this institution is not developed and strengthened, there can be no discussion of the establishment of democratic, social government, of the development of the rule of law, or of an expansion of the infrastructure of civil society.

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Nationalities Papers , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , September 2004 , pp. 551 - 563
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Copyright © 2004 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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