Importance Of Local Government And Democracy

According to M.P.Barbra, local government means authority to determine and to execute matters within a restricted area inside and smaller than the whole state. Every state in the world has been implementing local government system for the administrating services regarding peripheral society. Local government and democracy is most closed concept in theory as well as practice. Term “democracy and governance” are complicated and dynamic concepts in social sciences discipline. It has a long historical background and goes back to human history. Ancient Athens politics and their philosophy has provided main base for those concepts and practical perspectives.

There is no a concrete definition or interpretation about democracy or governance. Many

There are many countries in the world that without considering geographical size or population that those countries have established their own local government systems for easy access of the governing process for the grass roots. Large countries such as USA, China UK and India as well as small countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Pakistan have their own local government system. Those countries have their own different kind of political system. But, they have common purpose on local government institutions that is delivering effective and accountable services for the people. Largest democratic countries like USA and India that have formal local government systems than smaller state like Sri Lanka. Main purposes of these countries are focused democratic enhancement and strengthening democratic values. Enhancement of people participation, build good governance and public accountability in their local government through delivering quality and effective services for the public with transparency are the main purposes of the local government system in the modern world. Nowadays, term accountability has become a prominent concept in governance process in local government institutions. Universal literature of local democracy and governance has explored the

Also, people should have a right to information regarding action and service of the public institutions such as local government institutions. It is important point of the democratic enhancement of local governance and accountability in local politics. On the other hand, there should be a strong civil society movement at the grass roots politics. Global Politics (GP) has been rapidly changed. Simultaneously, Democracy and its practical aspects also have been changed. Some third world democratic countries and their practical implications have been undergone with original conceptual meaning of democracy. There are some countries has been staying in a transitional period on democratic establishment. Especially in local democracy and governance has been victimized of the third world countries due to lack of adaptation of the changers of global politics in their political systems. Traditional perspectives and customs also has influenced for the political culture of the local government system. Therefore, it has created some barriers and clouds regarding enhance of the political modernity in their local politics. Sri Lanka is one of the countries in South Asia that accepted democracy as a political ideology in their political system since independence. As a developing country, since beginning, it had to overcome