PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC CONTROL OF REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORITIES IN THE WORLD AND IN UKRAINE

Authors

  • Volodymyr Kuleshov Odessa Regional Institute for Public Administration of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36690/2674-5216-2020-3-33

Keywords:

public control, public control procedure, representative authoritie, forms of public control, methods of public control

Abstract

In today's world, one of the indicators of the level of development of democracy is the level of organization and exercise of public control over public authorities. It should be noted that in Ukraine there is no special law, which establishes the law and determines the mechanism of exercising civil control over the activities of representative authorities, which significantly complicates the procedure for its implementation. Scholars consider the legal basis of public control in the context of legislative and regulatory acts, pointing out their imperfection and expediency of making changes. At the same time, there is no definition of public control in legal documents, and accordingly, the methodology of public control is not defined and therefore there are no methods of its implementation. In scientific and applied publications on the organization of public control of representative authorities in the context of decentralization, it is considered as a component of public participation. The aim of the article: to generalize and systematize foreign scientific and applied research on effective procedures for public control of representative authorities in comparison with the domestic practice. The object of research: implementation of the procedure for public control of representative authorities in foreign countries and in Ukraine. The research methodology: review of foreign and Ukrainian literary sources on the implementation of the procedure for public control of representative authorities in the world and in Ukrainian practice. The obtained results: an analysis of the procedures for public control of representative bodies of power in the countries of the world demonstrates the diversity of approaches to its implementation; forms of public control are enshrined in legal norms and are reflected in the legislation in the form of governmental documents, programs, strategies, standards, or are effectively used without governmental support through e-platforms, panels, etc. As for the Ukrainian scientists, there is no established opinion about the procedures for public control: some identify them with forms of control, others - with the conditions of its effectiveness, some authors place components (stages) of the control process (observation, evaluation, analysis, forecasting) as its methods. The practical significance: adoption of a special law will enable to define general principles of the procedure for public control of representative authorities, and a clear definition will make it possible to determine the nature and set of forms and methods for its implementation.

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Author Biography

Volodymyr Kuleshov, Odessa Regional Institute for Public Administration of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine

Postgraduate student of Regional Policy and Public Administration Chair, Odessa Regional Institute for Public Administration of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine; Chairman of the Hnivan United Territorial Community of the Tyvriv District of the Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine, e-mail: volodkulesh2020@gmail.com

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2020-10-01

How to Cite

Kuleshov, V. (2020). PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC CONTROL OF REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORITIES IN THE WORLD AND IN UKRAINE. Public Administration and Law Review, (3), 33–40. https://doi.org/10.36690/2674-5216-2020-3-33

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CHAPTER 1. MODERN TRENDS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION