@article {5971,
	title = {Mancur Olson, collective action and the design of a federal state: The case of Ukraine},
	journal = {Decyzje},
	year = {2015},
	month = {12/2014},
	abstract = {Even if we ignore the consequences of Russia{\textquoteright}s intervention into Ukraine{\textquoteright}s internal affairs, Ukraine confronts some seemingly insurmountable problems in transitioning to a stable and prosperous state. Having inherited a top down and largely corrupt political structure, there are those who see decentralization in some form as a partial solution. Here, though, we argue that decentralization, even if crafted on the European Union template of subsidiarity, can introduce problems of collective action that would further undermine the country{\textquoteright}s viability. To avoid exacerbating the problems of collective action occasioned by Ukraine{\textquoteright}s fractured political economic system, decentralization must proceed with an understanding of how those problems are treated in successful federal states

},
	issn = {1733-0092},
	doi = {10.7206/DEC.1733-0092.65}
}
