Denis KRASIVSKY1, Evgen KARTASHOV2 and Viktor Kotygorenko3
1The Problematic Research Laboratory of Social Studies of the Labor Market of the Ukrainian State Employment Service Training Institute (USESTI), Ukraine
2The Educational and Scientific Institute of Management and Psychology of State Higher Educational Institution «University of Educational Management» of National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
3I.F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
The coronavirus pandemic in Europe has shown that moderately centralized unitary states, as well as small countries, have been able to deal with it most effectively, enabling the center to carry out its orders quickly on the ground. In addition, the need for large-scale state assistance to overcome the economic consequences of quarantine reinforces paternalistic sentiments among citizens and threatens to weaken decentralization trends. At the same time, regional differences in quarantine policies within one country have highlighted the importance of good local governance, which will make citizens more responsible in the selection of members of representative bodies at the local level.