The Challenge of Democratic Governance - Awareness of the Municipal Population about the Essence and Functions of Local Self-Government

Abstract

There are various mechanisms to ensure the involvement of citizens in the implementation process of local self-government, although it is obvious that initially the awareness of citizens about the essence, goals and functions of local self-government should be studied, and also it should be clarified how they see their own role in the implementation of self-governance. This article is based on the analysis of empirical sociological research data of 2018.The aim of the sociological research was to study the awareness of regional population about processes taking place in the sphere of local government. The article higlited that indicator of awareness about local government hasn’t significantly improved.