Zubchyk O. Formation of State Competitiveness in the Perspective of Political Time (Public Administration Aspects).

The work comprises a comprehensive study of public administration aspects of social relations arising in the process of state competitiveness formation in the perspective of political time. The theoretical, methodological and applied mechanisms of state competitiveness formation are summarized and systematized. The dissertation reveals the essence of "competition" and "state competitiveness" concepts; demonstrates the transformation of the content of the "competition" concept in the context of social development; analyzes competition as a managerial problem, and summarizes information about the methods and models for assessing a state's competitiveness. The research elicits the heuristic potential of the concept "political time" as a tool for analyzing public policy.