Kostyuchkov S. Local government as the factor of formation of a civil society in Ukraine

Object of study - the local government in the civil society institutions. The subject of investigation - the role of local government as a factor in the development of civil society in Ukraine. Methods: a systematic approach, historical, dialectical, institutional, structural and functional methods. Scientific novelty: at three areas of civil society development in Ukraine: the preservation of the existing mechanism of the institutions of civil society with the gradual loss factor value of local government; devolution of civil society with the gradual transformation of society from the democratic to the totalitarian; the evolution of civil society towards democracy on the basis of harmonization relations between the state and society, involving local government institution building are looked; the experiences of two cities in Ukraine (Kiev and Kherson) to implement control mechanisms and the interaction between the political and social organizations at the municipal ltvel are investigated.