SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE REFORM OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

Abstract

Local self-government in the Russian Federation is a young institution. And we cannot say that it is dynamically developing. In just a few decades, this unique level of authority, which is also an institution of civil society, has gone from hope and optimism to disappointment and alienation in our country. The article considers some social consequences of the actual degradation of local self-government, including for reasons that do not allow the formation of democratic self-government traditions. A list of decisions of state authorities at the regional and federal levels that do not contribute to the development of local initiative, are aimed at integrating the local level of government into the state vertical, and lead to undesirable social consequences is given.