The Soviet Citizen’s Perception of Local Government

Relations between government and citizen are basic to the determination of political culture and political development. What the citizen knows and expects of his government; the extent to which governmental institutions are the address to which he turns for the solution of problems of daily life; the extent to which he is satisfied with his lot and attributes his contentment or the lack of it to his government’s concern for his welfare; all these are factors contributing to the growth and stability of any political system.