V rabote issledovany polnomochiya organov mestnogo samoupravleniya v Rossiyskoy Federatsii i stranakh-uchastnikakh SNG. Razgranicheny polnomochiya organov mestnogo samoupravleniya v zavisimosti ot otraslevoy prinadlezhnosti, pokazany polnomochiya organov mestnogo samoupravleniya, reguliruyushchiesya spetsial'nym zakonodatel'stvom i normativno-pravovymi aktami. Tsel'yu raboty yavlyaetsya izuchenie kompetentsii organov mestnogo samoupravleniya v Rossii i stranakh-uchastnikakh SNG, a takzhe vyyavlenie ikh normativnogo soderzhaniya i sotsial'no-pravovoy prirody. Monografiya zainteresuet gosudarstvennykh i munitsipal'nykh sluzhashchikh, praktikuyushchikh yuristov, prepodavateley yuridicheskikh vuzov i nauchnykh rabotnikov.