Modern doctrinal and conceptual basis of public management and civil service modernisation in Ukraine: weberian bureaucracy, new public management, electronic governance

Abstract

In proposed paper the modern state and main trends of public management and civil service modernization in Ukraine have been described. The current thematic research dealing with various aspects of public service reformation in the EU Member States has been generalised, common and specific features in their development trends have been revealed. On the basis of the received results the specificity of public management and civil service modernization in Ukraine in their correlation with the European concepts of New Public Management, Neo-Weberian State and electronic governance model has been described and the prospects for further subject research in the described direction has been shaped.In particular, it’s scientifically proven that in EU Member States the current trend to the convergence with civil society as one of the main trends of the public management evolution and public service development is likely to persist. Further convergence with civil society will come up in different forms and in the varied conceptual foundation: according to the NPM ideas or, visa versa, within the framework of returning to the ideals of strong national state and the concept of modernized rational bureaucracy («Neo-Weberian state»). Such complex doctrinal and conceptual basis must be taken into account in public management reforms in Ukraine.