Streltsov V. The value doctrine of Public Administration of European integration process

The dissertation thesis presents a comprehensive, system analysis of the value doctrine of Public Administration and European governance, their conceptual and methodological basis as well as their formation during European integration process. The author has characterized main terms and definitions based upon the phenomenon of "European integration processes". The official dimensions of political, legislative, economic and social integration have been studied. The author argues that in addition to the abovementioned, the integration process has one more dimension, which influences the EU integration. That is the value approach. Values play a key role in augmenting the EU governance system, ensuring its integrity, stability and development. Among the methodological approaches used by various researches the "governance" concept is the most applicable one. It allows us to view the integration process from the position of a public-administrative interaction with the main emphasis on subject-object relations, principles, rules, regulations and practices they are based on. In course of integration a state gradually diverges from usual enforcement machinery and strives to honor human dignity through enhancing its educational and regulatory functions (i.e. support a financial stability, create favorable environment to develop entrepreneurship, science and education etc). The content of the national sovereignty is accordingly being transformed as it is a reflection of the national dignity as an aggregate indicator of how the state honors values of a public development both in internal and external dimensions.