INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODIES UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE RUSSIAN MUNICIPAL REFORM

Abstract

Purpose. Determination of current political and administrative tendencies in the organization of local authorities and identification of advantages and disadvantages of existing models for the election of heads of municipalities. Methods. The study used system analysis, document analysis, general scientific methods. Results and practical significance. The main models of local self-government are considered, the analysis of federal legislation regulating the procedure for electing heads of municipalities is made, the advantages and disadvantages of elective and competitive models of the election of heads of municipalities are examined. Conclusions. It is determined that the current Russian model of organization of local self-government has a mixed character and evolving in the direction of the continental model of local self-government, allowing central control over municipalities, certain subordination of local higher state bodies, and sometimes direct government management at the municipal level.