Abstract

This article is dedicated to the issues of the current state of some problems in Ukraine in the direction of development and reinforcement of the system of local self-government as a display of the most important element of local democracy. In the context of reformation, which now takes place in Ukraine, this topic and relevant problems are very topical as an example of formation of local democracy on post-soviet space. A lot of these countries have the same problems as Ukraine. In this article, the main problems hindering the way of effective system of local self-government were not only defined, but also the main possible ways of their solutions were given.

Key words: Decentralisation of power, local democracy, local self-government, open society.