Аннотация
The brief report examines the internal social and environmental problems of rural areas and the work of local self-government. In the research, the rural area of Kazakhstan is considered from the point of view of active social processes taking place in the country. In this paper, the author assesses the work of rural local government. We studied the current trend of coverage of these issues through the media, conducted a survey of residents of rural areas of Almaty and Mangistau regions, environmentalists, and experts. The article examines the influence of mass media on local self-government in rural areas and land plots in Kazakhstan. During the research work, it was found that the formation of local self-government in Kazakhstan is still not fully developed, economic and financial resources are extremely limited, but there is a necessary element of democratic organization in public life. Today, as one of the attributes of local maslikhats, the state of Kazakhstan, it is necessary to pay more attention to local self-government. The research also revealed that the country still lacks a full-fledged legislative framework of regulatory legal acts.