Local self-government as a social institution: issues of theory and practice

• Main Authors: Igor Nikolaevich Ivanenko, Alina Valerievna Grigorieva, Olga Stanislavovna Zinisha, Denis Yakovlevich Rodin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editorial AAR 2021-08-01
• Series: Laplage em Revista
• Subjects: Local population; Social rights; Interests of citizens; People power; Power
• Online Access: https://laplageemrevista.editorialaar.com/index.php/lpg1/article/view/1328

The purpose of this research is to study the theoretical and practical foundations of local self-government, represented as a special kind of social institution, as well as to formulate proposals aimed at improving the effectiveness of the implementation of the citizens’ right to independently resolve issues of local importance. In the course of the work, general scientific methods were used in the form of analysis and observation, as well as particular methods. Particular approaches include comparative-legal, statistical, as well as system-structural, and formal-logical methods. The article gives the most objective and meaningful definition of the concept of local self-government from a social standpoint, as well as lists the main features of this institution. At the same time, the authors turned their attention to the study of the essence of the socio-legal interests and needs of the local population and listed the most common and significant rights of citizens in this area.