Democratization of Public Administration: a Regional Dimension ; Демократизація публічного управління: регіональний аспект
The article identifies aspects of direct democracy that ensures the fullest participation of the people in the management of public life in territorial communities. The subject of the study is local government as the basis for the formation and development of democratization, and the object - the formation of democracy in the development of the rule of law. The goal is to reveal the issues of democratization of public administration at the regional level and to form measures to improve public participation in addressing issues of local self-government. The methodology of studying the problem is the analysis of the provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine, current legislation, comparison of opinions of scientists in the field. Based on the studied sources, the following conclusion was made: the purpose of democratization as a mechanism for implementing local self-government is the development of democracy, widespread civic initiative, involvement of residents of the territorial community in local governance. Citizens should have the right to exercise local self-government in all its content, in all spheres of local life. It is noted that in modern conditions the successful functioning of the institute of local self-government is the main source of social activity of the population in solving problems of the territorial community, and the state and level of this activity is the main indicator of local government efficiency. For this purpose, appropriate portraits of citizens with and without an active civil position were formed. It is substantiated that in order to increase the effectiveness of social participation in local self-government issues it is necessary to implement the following measures: improvement of legislation; informing citizens about opportunities to participate in issues of local importance; education through mass media, educational institutions, system of actions at the level of the country, regions, territorial communities; creation at the level of the country as a whole, in each region and ...