Місцеве врядування як складова європеїзації політичних процесів на континенті

Abstract

The article analyzes the correlation between the phenomena of Europeanization and local governance, especially in the context of political processes that are occurring in Central and Eastern European countries. The institutions of the European Union emphasize that responding to the challenge of the democracy deficit requires implementation of a multilevel system of governance, beginning at the local community level. The Council of Europe is endeavoring to disseminate local democracy in the post-soviet countries by imposing it as a condition of European integration. However, this strategy may be effective only in the case of democratic institutionalization on a national scale