Essential signs of transformation of modern government in the postmodern era.

Abstract

The peculiarities of the basic transformational changes inherent in the state administration in the present day are analyzed. The features of globalization, integration, democratization processes are revealed, which significantly change the models (systems) of public administration, making it more liberal and man-centered. The modernization of states, and, consequently, of the state administration, its democratization, liberalization, decentralization — are regular processes of the 21st century, which concern a large number of states, and are therefore of considerable scientific interest. The purpose of the article is to characterize the essential features of the transformation of public administration that are inherent in the individual, most common models of public administration. Conclusions. Radical transformation, change of models of public administration in the countries of the world is a regular socio-political, organizational-managerial process caused by significant changes of state systems, role and place in the management of the government and civil society. Democratization, decentralization, liberalization and human-centrism are the cornerstones of transformation processes in public administration, whose role and importance will continue to grow in the process of public affairs. 53 Since democratization is a dominant factor in modern public administration
transformations, we believe that we should turn to the normative model of so-called rational democracy, developed by the great German political scientist M. Weber, which is based on: b) ensuring a harmonious management hierarchy; c) the introduction and existence of formal rules and regulations that ensure the uniformity of implementation by managers of their tasks and responsibilities; d) hiring an employee in accordance with his/her qualifications.