Electronic Governance as a New Phenomenon of Public Administration

Abstract

Objective. The objective of the article is to study the essence, attributes and specific features of the development of electronic governance as a new phenomenon of public administration. Methods. The following methods and techniques of cognition are applied in the research process: theoretical generalization and comparison, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, grouping. Results. It is established that at the current stage of the development of the theory of public administration, a transformation of the idea of ​​an optimal system of public administration is taking place (transition from a hierarchical system to a horizontal, network system of administration); the subject and object structure of social development management is expanding; the principles of social management are changing; there is a transition from "state-centrism" to "people-centrism". It is substantiated that the most complex concept that reflects modern changes in the theory of social management as fully as possible is the concept of "governance". The main principles of good public administration ("Good Governance") are defined and the features of their evolution are presented. It is substantiated that Good Governance and e-governance are closely related in terms of goals, objectives and principles.Based on the analysis of the variability of the author's approaches to understanding the essence of the concept of "e-governance", the three most common approaches to the interpretation of the essence of this term have been identified: administrative, within which e-governance is understood as a form, a way of organizing state administration, state power; technological and procedural, within which e-government is understood as the use of information and telecommunication technologies (ICT) by the public sector in order to increase the efficiency of the latter's performance of functions; instrumental, within which e-government is understood as an attribute and condition for the formation and development of the information society. The models of interaction that arise between the subjects of public administration in the conditions of the introduction of e-government, stages, development factors and attributes of e-government are identified.