DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE: ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL RELATIONS

Roman Yushchuk; Vasylyna Zabolotnya

doi:10.36690/2674-5216-2024-2-12-20

Authors

Roman Yushchuk Lviv Polytechnic National University https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0169-6198
Vasylyna Zabolotnya Armed Forces of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4957-0017

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36690/2674-5216-2024-2-12-20

Keywords:

local self-government, territorial community, local development, participation, participatory democracy, innovative development

Abstract

The article reveals trends in the development of participation in local self-government of Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to study trends in the development of participation in local government. The methodology in this article is based on a number of normative legal acts of Ukraine, which today regulate the components of participation in local self-government, in particular the Constitution of Ukraine, normative legal acts on local self-government and public participation in local self-government, as well as international reports and norms. The main result of the research is the study of the development of local self-government from the foundations of democracy to its implementation in the national legislation of Ukraine at the current stage. After all, understanding the essence of partisanship is impossible without the concept of the essence of "participatory democracy", which is an innovative concept and is a mixed form of direct and representative democracy. The concept of participatory democracy as a basis for the development of participation in local self-government of Ukraine is revealed, the legal basis of the concept of "territorial community" as a subject of participation in local self-government is analyzed, and the basis the principles of community coexistence and local self-government are synthesized. The main problems of participation are identified and the main forms of public participation in local self-government are presented as a promising innovative method of management at the local and local levels. This article successfully delineates the transformation of participatory democracy in Ukraine, marked by a profound commitment to enhancing the mechanisms of public participation within local government structures.

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Author Biographies

Roman Yushchuk, Lviv Polytechnic National University

Postgraduate student at the Institute of Public Administration, Governance and Professional Development, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv-Briukhovychi, Ukraine

Vasylyna Zabolotnya, Armed Forces of Ukraine

Senior lieutenant, officer of the department of moral and psychological support, Air Command "West" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lviv

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