title: Local referendums in the European Union and Ukraine: comparative characteristics
abstract: Introduction. The article formulates proposals to improve the effectiveness of legal regulation of the institute of local referendum and involvement of citizens in the implementation of local self-government on the basis of comparative legal analysis of the legal regulation of local referendum in the European Union and Ukraine. Summary of the main research results. In EU countries, unlike national referendums, local referendums are held on the territory of a subject of the federation, autonomous
journal: The Journal of V N Karazin Kharkiv National University Series Law