LOCAL POLITICAL MANAGEMENT AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY: UKRAINIAN AND FOREIGN PERSPECTIVES

The article is devoted to the study of local political management, which is one of the key concepts of the newest branch of modern political science. The purpose of the research is to identify common and distinctive features between the phenomena of local political management and leadership in Western and Eastern political traditions. The difference between local political management and public governance and administration is characterized. It was emphasized that the need for democratic coordination of political interests, dialogue between the community and the government is quite acute for modern Ukraine. The institutionalization of local political parties and movements, the formation of a full-fledged local political agenda, the system of local public political discussions are analyzed. The significance of the political aspect of the leadership of the local community is revealed, which consists in the possibilities of changing the political situation at the local level. It was found that the decisive factor is the ability and capacity of citizens to accept the leadership of the leader. It was found that the political leader of the local community performs a political and selective function: he distinguishes between secondary and urgent needs of the community. It has been proven that party local elections are a prerequisite for victory at the national level. It has been established that in the conditions of modern Ukraine, the informal affiliation of public communities to party structures is of great importance. It is assumed that the restructuring of the domestic party system will be carried out only after the victory of our state in the dramatic liberation contests, which have been ongoing since February 2022. It was found that the brand of a powerful and successful party association provides a channel of communication with politically engaged citizens. It has been established that the modern leader of the local community, both in stable democracies and in transformational states, must possess the "art" of influencing the audience both personally and through the mediation of the media. The conditions of political competition and their influence on the relationship between the leader and the community are considered. The specifics of personal cases of the development of local political leaders in Ukraine are indicated. It was concluded that the connection between political groups and specific individuals requires the presence of psychological will-power bases to ensure a certain vector of transformations. It is substantiated that local political leadership and political management are integral parts of political mechanisms of strategic community development in both Eastern and Western political traditions.