КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНІ ЗАСАДИ ФОРМУВАННЯ КУЛЬТУРИ УЧАСТІ ГРОМАДЯН В ПРОЦЕСІ МОДЕРНІЗАЦІЇ СИСТЕМИ ПУБЛІЧНОГО УПРАВЛІННЯ

Abstract

The purpose of the study, the results of which are highlighted in this article, is to identify, integrate into a logistically integrated system and describe the conceptual foundations for building a participatory culture of the civil society, with a view to further identifying appropriate public-administrative mechanisms on their basis. The author states that the process of public administration is embodied in a systemic set of components that generally shape the culture of its participants. The fundamental components of the culture of participants in the public-administrative process are: political-legal literacy; democratic consciousness; civic behaviour. The author notes that in the modern world there is no developed civilized society in which the concept of “participatory democracy” would not be used or cultivated. Therefore, a proper understanding of the phenomena that are reflected in this concept becomes directly ideological. A person’s worldview cannot be complete, perfect if he or she lacks knowledge of the essence of democracy. Thus, the formation of a culture of democratic participation is an important component of the formation of the personality of the citizen and of the civic culture of the society in general. That is why these issues are now of paramount importance in Ukraine. The authors present the general structure of the culture of the public participants in the public-administrative process and the sequence of its formation in the form of a coherent functional system, the individual components of which are closely related, developing in a gradual, sequential or simultaneous manner. According to the components of the described structure of the participatory culture, the state, as an objectively interested participant in the democratic process of the public administration, should apply certain administrative mechanisms to influence the formation of that culture. In summary, the following public-administrative mechanisms include: restraint, encouragement, promotion, observation and response.