The Importance of Local Self-Government and Citizen Participation in Modern Society

摘要

The paper points out the great importance of citizen participation in local government and their right to local self-government that they guarantee the Constitutions of these States. It analyzes the basic solution contained in the Constitution and laws of the Republics that govern local government. The first part deals with the growing importance of citizens in decision-making levels of local government, as well as the scope and importance of action from the perspective of common citizens needs, and developing democratic awareness of belonging to a community. The central part of the work is based on the need for citizen participation in decision-making and participation in local elections and political life of the local community, as well as a more pronounced right of citizens to better quality of life in local government. In particular, it shows how the real power of the citizens to decide in local government and is it today preferred in local government to develop a direct or indirect democracy.