Directions and Prospects for the Development of Public Governance

  This article discusses issues and problems related to the modern development of public administration in the face of uncertainty and economic crisis, as well as a tense socio-political situation. The paper studies the main theoretical approaches of the authors to the concept of “public administration†, based on the evolution of the main concepts on thistopic. In addition, the article analyzes the directions of development of public administration in Russia. Attempts are being made to study further prospects for the development of public administration.  The relevance of the topic of this article is explained by the fact that today the issues and problems related to the development of public administration in Russia have a strategic focus, since in the current conditions the management mechanisms of state and municipal authorities are ineffective and require serious changes.  This also applies to the regulatory framework that regulates the activities of government bodies. It needs some changes and some additions. In addition, it is worth saying that modern society, being on the path of transformation, digitalization and active use of the Internet, have the opportunity to ask questions about government directly.  Goal. Study of the main directions of public administration development in Russia and its further prospects.  Tasks. In the course of the research, such tasks were solved as: studying the authors’ approaches to the concept of “public administration†, identifying the main features and directions of public administration development, identifying problems and prospects for the development of public administration, taking into account complex crisis and stressful conditions.Methodology. It includes theoretical methods, the method of analysis, the method of forecasting with regard to development prospects.  Conclusions. In the conditions of the existing instability, crisis and a large number of sanctions, new approaches and methods to the development of public administration are required. This is due to the fact that the previously existing mechanisms of state and municipal authorities are not fully effective. Also, changes are required by the regulatory legislative frame-work, which regulates the principles of public power management at both the federal and municipal levels.