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"This Multi-level Governance Series study focuses on Ukraine's advances in regional development, territorial reform and decentralisation since 2014. The Government launched a reform to merge local governments and strengthen the decentralisation process, giving additional power and resources to sub-national authorities. In a short period, successful steps have been taken toward achieving municipal mergers and greater fiscal, administrative and political decentralisation, complemented by the State Strategy for Regional Development 2015-2020. The first local elections have been held and more public services are being delivered by certain local authorities. Yet, important challenges remain, ranging from a need to address rising disparities and adjusting multi-level governance practices and territorial structures, to better structuring fiscal decentralisation. This report addresses regional performance and disparities in Ukraine, provides insight into Ukraine's current territorial reform and approach to decentralisation, explores the impact of fiscal decentralisation measures, and includes a case study of the transport sector. It also provides a set of recommendations for action to support Ukraine in meeting the conditions for successful decentralisation."--Back cover.

Public administration --- Decentralization in government --- Finance, Public --- Politics and government --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Public finances --- Currency question --- Centralization in government --- Devolution in government --- Government centralization --- Government decentralization --- Government devolution --- Political science --- Central-local government relations --- Federal government --- Local government --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- Administrative law --- Public officers

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In recent years, authoritarian states in the Middle East and North Africa have faced increasing international pressure to decentralize political power. Decentralization is presented as a panacea that will foster good governance and civil society, helping citizens procure basic services and fight corruption. Two of these states, Jordan and Morocco, are monarchies with elected parliaments and recent experiences of liberalization. Morocco began devolving certain responsibilities to municipal councils decades ago, while Jordan has consistently followed a path of greater centralization. Their experiences test such assumptions about the benefits of localism.Janine A. Clark examines why Morocco decentralized while Jordan did not and evaluates the impact of their divergent paths, ultimately explaining how authoritarian regimes can use decentralization reforms to consolidate power. Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco argues that decentralization is a tactic authoritarian regimes employ based on their coalition strategies to expand their base of support and strengthen patron-client ties. Clark analyzes the opportunities that decentralization presents to local actors to pursue their interests and lays out how municipal-level figures find ways to use reforms to their advantage. In Morocco, decentralization has resulted not in greater political inclusivity or improved services, but rather in the entrenchment of pro-regime elites in power. The main Islamist political party has also taken advantage of these reforms. In Jordan, decentralization would undermine the networks that benefit elites and their supporters. Based on extensive fieldwork, Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco is an important contribution to Middle East studies and political science that challenges our understanding of authoritarian regimes' survival strategies and resilience.

Municipal government --- Decentralization in government --- Centralization in government --- Devolution in government --- Government centralization --- Government decentralization --- Government devolution --- Political science --- Central-local government relations --- Federal government --- Local government --- Public administration --- Cities and towns --- City government --- Municipal administration --- Municipal reform --- Municipalities --- Urban politics --- Metropolitan government --- Municipal corporations --- Government --- Jordan --- Morocco --- Politics and government. --- Politics and government --- Municipal government - Jordan --- Decentralization in government - Jordan --- Municipal government - Morocco --- Decentralization in government - Morocco --- Jordan - Politics and government --- Morocco - Politics and government --- Political systems --- Theory of the state

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Depuis les années 1990, de nombreux pays africains ont engagé des décentralisations administratives, soutenus en cela par les instances internationales. Ces réformes, qui s’inscrivent à une échelle globale, bousculent les équilibres antérieurs entre différents pôles de pouvoir et redéfinissent les relations entre États et sociétés civiles. À travers une décennie d’évolution, éclairée par une histoire de longue durée, des anthropologues, géographes, historiens, politistes, socio-linguistes analysent ces processus dans cinq pays d’Afrique. Ils décrivent les nouvelles formes de compétition autour des pouvoirs et du contrôle des ressources, mais soulignent aussi l’émergence de dynamiques novatrices, conjuguant communautés et citoyenneté. Une mise en regard avec l’histoire de la décentralisation et la genèse des « pays » en France apporte des éclairages inattendus sur les relations Nord/Sud, du double point de vue de la circulation des modèles et de l’existence de paradoxes communs. Ce livre intéressera tous ceux – chercheurs, acteurs ou institutions – qui travaillent sur la décentralisation, et, plus largement, sur les refontes des États en temps de mondialisation

Central-local government relations --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Centralization in government --- Devolution in government --- Government centralization --- Government decentralization --- Government devolution --- Political science --- Federal government --- Public administration --- Local administration --- Township government --- Subnational governments --- Administrative and political divisions --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Bénin --- chefferie --- décentralisation --- conflit interethnique --- période coloniale --- division administrative --- réseau social --- conflit foncier --- Mali --- discrimination --- France --- anthropologie politique --- administration publique --- État --- Niger --- projet de développement --- Ghana --- période précoloniale --- révolution pouvoir local --- pouvoir --- démocratie --- Sénégal --- collectivité locale --- histoire politique --- corruption --- conflit politique