Abstract
The research work is devoted to the theoretical analysis of the political and legal models of the organization of local self-government and its purpose is to identify the features, determine which model of local self-government in modern Kazakhstan corresponds to. In addition, the analysis of the existing models of local self-government: Anglo-Saxon, continental and mixed. Along with the analysis of the concepts of local self-government, examples of states using different management models are considered. On the basis of theoretical research, the main characteristics of each sample, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as some features of their application in modern conditions are revealed.