Lyndiuk S. Modernization of public administration in the societal security system of Ukraine

The experience of providing societal security in the Scandinavian countries and the current state of societal security in Ukraine are analyzed, the theoretical foundations and practice of societal security in them are determined, as well as the influence of different understandings of security and values on approaches to security. It is found The dissertation substantiates the theoretical and methodological principles of modernization of public administration in the system of ensuring societal security of Ukraine and, on this basis, practical recommendations for improving the domestic model of societal security of Ukraine are developed. The state of scientific development of the problems of modernization of public administration in the system of ensuring societal security, the available source base, and the analysis of the dissertations of modern domestic scientists who researched the problems of societal security were analyzed. It was revealed that today there is no comprehensive systematic study of this problem, in which the processes of modernization of the societal security sphere would be systematized through the prism of domestic public administration science. Theoretical interpretations of the concept of “societal security” in scientific discourse, approaches to understanding its essence, as well as the genesis of its formation were studied, which made it possible to improve the conceptual and terminological apparatus of the study, to provide author's justifications for the concepts of “societal security” and “modernization of public administration in the system of societal of security”, taking into account the existing theoretical basis and to develop a theoretical basis for the modernization of the public administration of the societal security system and the definitions that determine its essence. According to the results of the study of definition options, it was determined that the concept of “societal security” is complex, covers managerial, social, economic, political and other aspects, reflects everything that affects life, in particular, the quality of life and human habitat, which makes society sustainable and capable of development. The results of the literature review made it possible to substantiate the concept of modernization of public administration in the societal security system, which reflects the multidimensional composition of concepts and the interconnected nature of the conceptual and terminological apparatus of the societal security system. The theoretical foundations of the modernization of public administration in the system of ensuring societal security are substantiated, the main characteristics of societal security, cause-effect relationships and interactions between society and public authorities in the process of ensuring societal security are revealed. The basic structural elements of the societal security system are defined. Detailing of the main characteristics of the societal security system, in particular: terminological apparatus; its components; areas of research; levels; roles and places of societal security in the national security system; the object for which societal security is considered; entities capable of influencing the provision of societal security; external/internal personal factors/influences; threats; the goal of achieving societal security; strategic goals; tools for ensuring societal security made it possible to determine the range of problems that make up its subject and to propose conceptual principles for ensuring societal security during the war and after its end. It was determined that societal security directly depends on the social policy of the state, on its content and orientation, which is the main tool for ensuring societal security in society. The specifics and typical problems of modernization of public administration in the societal security system of Ukraine are identified and its main determinants, challenges and threats are determined. The following are identified as the main determinants of societal security: military aggression; low efficiency and quality of public management of social processes; shortcomings of social policy, causing threats to societal security; imperfect management decisions adopted by authorities whose activities are contradictory; orientation towards the achievement of individual goals and insufficient consideration of the practical adaptability of the measures implemented by them to the real conditions that exist in society. A classification of the determinants of the modernization of public administration in the societal security system of Ukraine is proposed, presented in the format of a tree of problems according to the hierarchy of the societal security system, with specification through a SWOT analysis (identification of strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats, comparison and overcoming, identification of prospects and risks) and formulation of SMART goals.