ACR paragraph. By
Iuliia Gorodyska
The principle of subsidiarity
should be applied in Ukraine
Argument
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Counterargument
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Rebuttal
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Subsidiarity enables civic participation.
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Having an underdeveloped political culture, citizens in Ukraine will not take part in local decision making.
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Subsidiarity creates fruitful conditions to foster civic participation and enforce human rights
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Subsidiarity principle, which is a
principle invoking that decisions are to be made as closely as possible to the
citizens to ensure effectiveness in achieving public objectives, should be applied
in Ukraine. Subsidiarity principle is closely related to federalization
approach, first dispute over which opened the Federalist Papers 1787 by
Hamilton, Madison and Jay [1], and which
is a controversial issue in Ukrainian politics as well. Applying subsidiarity would
offer the Ukrainian civil society many possibilities to participate in decision making process more
widely than it does now. It should be admitted that the weak political culture
of Ukrainian society could possibly pose certain burdens to development of
subsidiarity, as citizens may not be active in local decision making process
and may be indifferent to current communal problems. However, subsidiarity creates
fruitful conditions to foster civic participation and thus enforce human rights
for participation and inclusion, as written in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights [2],
which Ukraine is committed to. Moreover, opennes of local politics would enhance citizens' real influence on the national level politics, stipulating in this way the civil society activity. Therefore, subsidiarity principle must find its
embodiment in Ukrainian political structure and be applied on local, regional and national levels.
[1]
The Federalist Papers, 1964. - Available from: <http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/> - Title from the screen.
[2] The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. - Available from: <http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml> - Title from the screen.
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comment by Valentyn Degtyar
The Argument-Counterargument-Rebuttal pattern is evident, transitions are clear, however the literature sources referred to do not seem to be supporting the argument, but only identifying the notions used.
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