Decentralization as a global trend of democracy development

La descentralización como tendencia global del desarrollo de la democracia

• Nadiia Babarykina National University «Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic». Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6167-3693
• Oleksandra Demianenko Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy. Cherkasy, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-3981
• Yevhen Mahda National Technical University of Ukraine «Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute». Kyiv, Ucrania. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5792-8713

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4073.24

Keywords: decentralization, regional policy, democracy and citizenship, civil society, public administration

Abstract

This research examines the process of decentralization of power as a global trend of democratization. The concept of decentralization of power is revealed and the process of implementation of the reform of decentralization of power in some European countries is highlighted. The relationship between the course of decentralization reform and the index of democracy in countries has been studied. The aim of the research is to identify and analyze the essence, features and experience of decentralization as a global trend of democratization. The realization of the goal requires the solution of the next task - to analyze the experience of decentralization in the context of the development of democracy in the European Union. The solution of research problems became possible due to the use of a complex of general scientific and special research methods. This analytical essay is based on documentary sources. Аnalyzing the principles and results of decentralization of power in European countries in the study we see the growth of democracy. Decentralization causes a global shift in power, as the distance between citizens and government institutions is reduced.

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