%0 Journal Article %T MAYORAL LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL - ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONSHIPS IN TWO UKRAINIAN CITIES %A Natalya KOLISNICHENKO %A Valentina KRIVTSOVA %A Allan ROSENBAUM %J Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences %D 2006 %I Babes Bolyai University %X The article that follows examines the role of mayoral leadership in two large cities in Ukraine - Kiyv and Odessa. It begins with an examination of the various roles and resources typically found in the office of mayor, as well as a review of some of the unique characteristic of local governance in Ukraine. It then examines the activities of recent mayors in the two cities. It concludes by suggesting a somewhat expanded set of mayoral roles based on the Ukrainian experience. %K mayoral leadership %K roles %K resources %K characteristic %K local governance %U http://www.rtsa.ro/en/files/TRAS-17E-2006-5Kolisnichenko-Krivtsova-Rosenbaum.pdf