Public Hearings as Institute of Civil Society: Problems of the Organization and Realization

Abstract

The article examines the dual nature of public hearings as the civil society Institute and the Institute of deliberative democracy. Shows the essential features of public hearings as a form of civic participation, their difference from other forms of direct democracy. Main problems of organizing and conducting hearings; the proposed measures to improve their efficiency.

Keywords

• public hearings
• public participation
• local self-governance
• deliberative democracy
• civil society institute