Abstract
Laws of historical development of European and North American countries allow us to consider decentralization of the system of public administration as an essential condition to the effective development of society. The formation of local authorities is a prerequisite for the work of government institutions to the benefit of the person. Representative bodies of municipalities are an integral part of the system of those authorities. The article analyzes the main ways of their formation in the United States compared with Russian counterparts. The mission is, following American experience, to identify the optimal model of citizens’ participation and their associations in the formation of local representative bodies in the Russian municipalities that would correspond to the principles of publicity and openness. The work challenges to review the practice of the formation of representative bodies by citizens. According to the results of this analysis the authors come up with some proposals to improve the legal regulation of citizens’ participation and their associations in the formation of local representative bodies, to establish additional guarantees for the enforcement of this right.
Highlights
For the local government to function for the benefit of people, the participation of citizens and their associations in the formation of local authorities should be ensured
The mission is, following American experience, to identify the optimal model of citizens’ participation and their associations in the formation of local representative bodies in the Russian municipalities that would correspond to the principles of publicity and openness
In the countries that have ratified European Charter of Local Self-Government and in North American countries representative bodies play an important role in the system of local government because they are accountable to all the other local authorities
Summary
For the local government to function for the benefit of people, the participation of citizens and their associations in the formation of local authorities should be ensured. Today many citizens are vague about their deputies At best they know only the mayor’s surname and local administration location (Mikheeva, 2014). In the countries that have ratified European Charter of Local Self-Government and in North American countries representative bodies play an important role in the system of local government because they are accountable to all the other local authorities. They participate in making decisions on any matters within the scope of the municipalities up to the adoption of the economic and financial base of the municipal formation. That is how European Charter of Local Self-Government ratified by Russian Federation defines the principle of publicity (Mikheev, 2014)
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