Means for control over the activities of public authorities by civic democratic institutions: the conceptual framework analysis

• Iryna M. Gryshchenko National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
• Alina V. Denysova Odesa State University of Internal Affairs
• Olga O. Ovsiannikova Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University
• Hanna S. Buha Donetsk Law Institute of MIA of Ukraine
• Elena I. Kiselyova Sumy State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3969.49

Keywords: judicial power, public opinion, public organizations, public administration, public authority

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to develop the bases of citizen participation in the management of state affairs. The theme of the research is the participation of civil society in the process of integration in its different stages, as well as the conditions and processes of institutionalization of civil society. The objective is to study the forms of participation of civil society in the integration process and the dynamics of institutionalization of the latter. Comparative analysis was a key method. The results show that democratic civic institutions in countries with a high level of socio-economic development show a higher level of political activity than democratic institutions with a low level of socio-economic development. The effectiveness of control over the activities of public authorities is greater in the institutional agents of civil society than in the individual ones. In conclusion, the list of forms of interaction between civic and public institutions was expanded. Moreover, the article identifies new elements of the legislative machine for the control of public authorities by democratic civic institutions that seek to increase social control in thepoliticalsystem.

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