Aspekti Publìčnogo Upravlìnnâ (Jun 2016)
Of decentralization of public power Ukrainian land that belonged to Lithuanian (XIII – the early XVII century)
Abstract
A comprehensive crisis in Ukraine and continued military confrontation in the Donbass demonstrated the urgent need to establish effective governance, which would imply decentralization of public power. Note that in implementing the decentralization of power in Ukraine insists the International Monetary Fund; United Nations Development Program; the transfer of authority to the field and decentralization of power in Ukraine is one of the points of the Minsk agreements and obligations of Ukraine to the EU. The article deals with the Ukrainian lands topical issue features the decentralization of public power in the XIII - the beginning of XVII century. The importance of the topic due to the need to study the historical experience of the implementation of decentralization. It was, emphasized that the success of the reforms depends largely because of the historical experience and features of the decentralization of public power in the past. Characterized by the development of local government in the Ukrainian lands was part of the Lithuanian state. The purpose of the article is to clarify the characteristics of decentralization of public authority on Ukrainian lands were part of the Lithuanian state during the XVII century XIII. To address this goal, outline decentralization of public power in the state; analyze, competence of local government in the Ukrainian lands that belonged to the Lith uanian State; determine how close to the power of the people. The level of decentralization of public power in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the XIII - the beginning of XVII century was high. It was, found that Lithuania had not established a centralized state. It is, noted that the Board of the nobility limited the princely power. The effect of delegated deputies from different parts of the Lithuanian statehood solutions nobility Council.Clarified the facts that confirm the existence of decentralization of public power in Lithuania: the functioning of local governments (county Sejmiks and Magdeburg Law in the cities); the procedure for election of officers of local authorities; certain transparency and democracy in the management of the autonomous administrative-territorial units. It was, found that the decentralization of the public authorities in Lithuania had several limitations (access to power had only nobles, Catholics, Uniates, urban patricians). Given the foregoing, it can be argued that the success of the decentralization reform in Ukraine is to create conditions for effective access to post in the public authorities of all social groups of the Ukrainian population and address of the Ukrainian State control clans of oligarchs. The latter requirement was another key slogan Euromaidan 2014.
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