Decentralization

The article examines the principles and problems of the development of territorial communities in conditions of decentralization. The foreign experience of the development of territorial communities is considered. The status of the territorial community as a subject of local self-government is determined. The historical component of the origin of local self-government is highlighted. The article indicates that in the process of development of Ukrainian statehood there were many forms of local self-government, among which scientists distinguish: pre-colonial, colonial, reactionary-national,