гражданский контроль

The article presents an analysis of the documents of political parties and public discourse on civil control. On the example of parties belonging to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the characteristics of the main goals and tasks of political parties coinciding with the goals and tasks of civil control institutions are given.

The article presents an analysis of the state of knowledge of the problems of development of a new direction for Political Science – local citizenship. The characteristic of the main directions in the study practice of civilian control and institutions in local communities, with an indication of the significant methodological problems, allowing to represent the practice of civilian control in local communities as a unique phenomenon of individual regions.