Public Governance - A Systemic Public Phenomenon

Abstract

In the article it is investigated how the formation of civil society in the country is taken place, what scientific rethinking is needed to determine the place of power in public administration. The way of formation of public administration, political system, state institutions from the period of the Old Russian state to the present is traced.The originations of problems of theory and practice of social management and policy of the Ancient world in the formation of states in the world are analyzed. The value of the state as a philosophical and legal theory and practice of organization of political power and management of society is pointed out. It is elucidated the advocating of ideasof the rule of law, the requirements to observe legal justice, the contractual concepts of the state. The essence of management in which the primary component is the person, its conscious activity is exposed. Two approaches to understanding of the content of public administration are highlighted: "American" and "European". Different viewsof scientists on the definition of "public administration" are analyzed. The stages of evolution of the managerial (managerial) school are considered and the term "social management" is noted. Different approaches to this "mechanism of influence" on society are highlighted. It is defined two approaches to management: "managerialism"and the theory of "scientific management of society". The meaning of the term "administration" is exposed and its interpretation from different points of view. It is pointed out the consideration of this concept in foreign practice, and, accordingly, in Ukraine. The concept of "public administration" is highlighted, and the "mechanism" of its action is indicated. It is determined the subjects of public administration such as: executive authorities, their staff, officials and office workers; executive bodies and officials of local self-government, officials and officials of executive bodies of local self-government. The characteristic features of the post-Soviet public administration transformation into public administration are highlighted