Local Government as a Form of Democracy in Russia

Abstract

Local government has a special place in the democratic mechanism of governing society and a state. The modernization of local self-government in post-Soviet Russia is at its early stage. Today we can only talk about some positive trends in this process. First of all, it should be noted that local selfgovernment has both a special subject, which is the population, citizens and a special object of management: issues of local importance. Besides, one of the basic concepts that characterize the essence of local self-government as a form of organization and exercise of power is independence. Like any other form of social self-government, local government is a powerful means of activating a political system, democratic institutions, individual citizens, and of combating bureaucracy and formalism in the work of state governing bodies. The definition of the socio-political nature of the local self-government draws attention to it, first of all, by its pronounced democratic essence. The formation of local government is a long process, and its implementation should be carried out on a systematic (planned) basis in the form of a state program. However, self-government is not only the basis of democracy. Self-government and self-governing groups are the highest forms of integration of people, corresponding to the very nature of a man. This paper is dedicated to the main milestones of evolution of the local government in Russia.

Economic development of regions during reforming the constitutional and legal model of power delineation in Russian Federation

“…Of course, this situation has various reasons, including the size of the territories and the population number in the regions; their industrial potential, the presence of minerals, etc. However, to a large extent, it is associated with the distribution model of the economy that has developed in the Russian Federation, which is expressed in the arbitrary withdrawal of the material resources of the regions by the federal center, from where they return to their places in accordance with the loyalty of the territories and their fulfillment of target indicators set by the center (Lyubashits et al, 2019).…”

Plan de desarrollo concertado local y su relación con la ejecución presupuestal de las municipalidades de la Provincia de Contralmirante Villar en la gestión 2015-2018

“…Hay dos sistemas de organización del autogobierno local: angloamericano y europeo. "El sistema angloamericano se caracteriza por la presencia de autogobierno local en todos los niveles de la federación o entidad estatal" (Lyubashits & Viktor, 2019). Al mismo tiempo, no existen unidades administrativas y territoriales de carácter general.…”

“…Al mismo tiempo, no existen unidades administrativas y territoriales de carácter general. El sistema europeo "se caracteriza por una combinación de autogobierno local y administración estatal; Además, tiene otras formas en las que la administración estatal asigna determinadas funciones a los autogobiernos locales" (Lyubashits & Viktor, 2019).En la mayoría de los países, se aplica un modelo participativo de gobierno en la administración pública, que la base es que la administración estatal entidades (órganos centrales, organismos territoriales) y las entidades de gobierno autónomo (territorial y los intereses) con la finalidad de participar en la administración de un interés público en cooperación mutua.…”

Revenues of Municipalities as a Tool of Local Self-Government Development (Comparative Study)

“…At the same time, there are no administrative and territorial units of a general character. The European system is characterized by a combination of local self-government and state administration; in addition, it has other forms in which local self-governments are assigned certain functions by the state administration (Lyubashits et al 2019).…”