PURPOSE AND CONCEPT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS CONTENT-FORMING CATEGORIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

The purpose of the article is to define the concept and purpose of public administration as a category of administrative law. Public administration is proposed to be understood in a broad aspect as the activity of subjects of public law aimed at maintaining and developing the optimal state of social relations in the state and territorial communities, which is achieved through the use of administrative tools. A broad understanding of public administration reflects the strategic level of public policy and makes it possible to understand the purpose of public administration in the state and society, its mission and vision. In a narrow sense, public administration is defined as the performance by public administrations of the functions defined in legislative and by-law legal acts aimed at creating economic, legal, social, material and other conditions for meeting the individual and social needs of individuals and legal entities. The goal of public administration is proposed to be understood as the desired state of development of social relations in the state, its regions and territorial communities, individual branches of the economy, which includes a high level of realization of the rights, freedoms, needs and interests of all subjects of public relations. Attention is focused on the fact that public administration is a multi-disciplinary category, the fullness of which is determined by the methodological apparatus of various sciences: the theory of administrative law, the science of public administration, social philosophy, organizational psychology, etc. Administrative law considers this phenomenon primarily in terms of its legal support (regulation) by means of administrative legislation. Inherent features of public administration in the context of administrative and legal science are its legal and operational nature, a close connection with the legally defined competence of public administration officials, planned nature and the presence of legal responsibility.