Tsumarіev M. Formation of Community Culture of Local Democracy in Ukraine Nowadays

Some notions which are theoretically justified , characteristic features, the main conditions of forming public culture of local democracy in modern Ukraine are noticed in the work. The basic notions of the research paper that characterize the culture of local democracy as socio-cultural event and as a specific part of local political culture, a phenomenon of self-discipline by citizens political participation in resolving local problems are discovered in dissertation. It is found out that some separate politically-cultural events which are possible to interpret and showings of local democracy culture are marked already in works of antique authors. Determinazation of culturally-political realities by juridical and ethical sanctions from the side of community is continued by thinkers-humanists of Renaissance, New Age, Еnlightenment. From the middle of 20th century the culture of local democracy is realised as a part of local political culture as the totality of positions and orientations by members of local community (values, symbols, examples of settings and behaviour). The works of modern national and foreign scientists where the idea of public culture is justified as the main indicator of active citizens are analysed in details too. It is suggested the author's identification of local democracy culture as a part of local political culture, system of knowledge, values, beliefs of the members of territorial community as for legally determinated mechanisms of local democracy and also as for forms of political participation in these mechanisms, models of behaviour, social norms, fundamental principles and sociable institutions that orient subjects on these forms of activity in locally-political area or on other ones which transfer the accumulated experience of resolving local tasks and promote the resistance of local democracy by time. It is executed the evaluation of worldview part of local democracy culture development level by valuable and knowledgable criteria and also the evaluation of valid component which is shown in citizens participation in mechanisms of local democracy. It is made the conclusion about unsatisfied position in mostly ways in local democracy culture of modern ukrainian society. At the same time it is discovered the tendencies of partial increasing trustworthy from the ukrainian population's side to the mechanisms of local democracy and enlarging the quantity indicators of suitable citizens participations. It is characterized the main features and directions of activity evolution of state power organs local government in the context of local democracy culture development; it is noticed the main barriers for forming culture which are connected with imperfection activity of mentioned organs; it is analysed the peculiarities of interconnection by organs of local government with institutions of public society in the concept of forming public culture of local democracy of ukrainian modern society. It is found out the development tendencies of public local democracy culture in communities which exist with the help of activation by institutions of public society's activity and successful realization of normalized mechanisms and instruments of local democracy. It is discovered the conditions of effective public local democracy culture from the point of forming mass media activity. It is analysed also the educational aspect of problem which is came out through the educational establishments activity and with the help of realisation of educational projects by institutions of public society. It is proposed the educational program "Public Culture of Local Democracy" for higher education establishments with the aim of increasing the political activity of citizens in the sphere of local democracy.