SELF-GOVERNMENT IN SELECTED REFLECTIONS OF SCIENTIFIC AND CATHOLIC ENVIRONMENTS

Abstract

Local government is recognised as an essential element of modern democracies, through which citizens influence public life.
In this article, the subject of the deliberations is to present different and common issues to local government, in an approach that includes local government as a public ad-ministration and a territorial community, and which can be found in selected reflections of scientific and catholic environments.
Such an objective required the application of a range of research methods – analysis of literature, documents and source materials. They made it possible to indicate the legitimacy of the establishment, significance and role of local self-government, taking into ac-count selected theoretical approaches: functional (state) and natural concepts.