REGARDING THE EFFICIENCY OF LOCAL SELFGOVERNMENT

Abstract

The article analyzes the process of formation of local self-government in Ukraine, determines the level of its effectiveness and opportunities for improvement. Local self-government is understood as a set of non-political relations in society, as the right of territorial communities to independently resolve economic, social, legal, moral, religious, national and other issues of local importance, which is implemented directly through local self-government bodies — councils, bodies of self-organization of the population, public organizations and associations, and territorial assemblies. The analysis of the main laws on local self-government in Ukraine showed that the organizational, legal and financial foundations of local self-government have been created, but legal regulation has not led to the separation of powers of local self-government bodies and local executive authorities, which are subordinated to district or regional state administrations, the heads of which are appointed by the President. The forms of local self-government have been clarified. It is noted that there has been no real local self-government, as state administrations mostly serve the ruling elite and business elite, and communities are excluded from their proper functions. This scenario has historical roots, but it is doomed because it hinders the development of civil society. The solution to this contradiction is seen in changing the relationship between the state and society, through broad decentralization.