Formation and development of local self-government agencies in Ukraine (1991–2019)

  • Yu. O. Zahumenna Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs
  • V. V. Lazarev Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs
Keywords: local self-government, local self-government agencies, public authorities, de-centralization of power, local self-government reform, European integration

Abstract

Local self-government is an integral part of a democratic society, since it actively influ-ences the political and socio-economic conditions for the development of civil society, and becomes an important prerequisite for the creation of a democratic and legal state. The de-velopment of legislative principles of local self-government in the Ukrainian state is influ-enced by the experience of Western standards of local self-government, the practice of state building in Eastern European and other countries. An important factor for the devel-opment of self-government institutions is the process of globalization, which significantly changes socio-political relations, changes the principles of interaction of territorial com-munities, political organizations and local self-government agencies. The authors of the ar-ticle study the current theoretical and methodological, legal and practical aspects of local self-government in Ukraine. The historical regularities of the formation and development of local self-government in Ukraine (1991–2019) are studied. The stages of the formation and reform of local self-government and territorial organization of public power in Ukraine are determined, namely the authors have distinguished three stages: 1990-1996 (formation of the institution of local self-government of independent Ukraine before the adoption of the Constitution); 1996–2014 (development of the Constitutional principles of local self-government); from 2014 to the present day (reform of local self-government of Ukraine, decentralization). The current problems of ensuring the effective functioning of local self-government agencies are studied.

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Author Biographies

Yu. O. Zahumenna, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs

Department of theory and history of state and law (professor);
Candidate (Ph.D.) in Juridical Sciences, Docent.

V. V. Lazarev, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs

Department of theory and history of state and law;
Candidate (Ph.D.) in Juridical Sciences, Docent.

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Published
2020-06-24
How to Cite
Zahumenna, Y. O. and Lazarev, V. V. (2020) “Formation and development of local self-government agencies in Ukraine (1991–2019)”, Law and Safety, 77(2), pp. 106-117. doi: 10.32631/pb.2020.2.15.
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EMPIRICAL JURISPRUDENCE