On the notion and concept of good governance

Abstract

The article is devoted to a comparative understanding and interpretation of existing concepts of the so-called new public (state and municipal) administration. We discuss the concept of «good governance», which has steadily integrated into the lexicon of a wide range of members of the international community. The author's interpretations of «good governance» as a multidimensional concept are given. This concept is considered by the author in three notions: 1) the measure of the ideal in public administration, 2) the concept of design, formation, implementation and evaluation of public administration, 3) the control mechanisms. The necessity of a «new» public administration (or public administration, based on a new paradigm) is justified. The author describes the essential features of the «new» public administration, which is coming to replace the well-established, until recently, «traditional» model of public administration.