ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AS A SUBJECT OF PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY

Abstract

The article analyzes the legal category of administrative services, clarifying their role in the administrative-legal regulation of social relations. It was found that the current legal regulation of this sphere of relations needs legislative revision due to the ambiguous interpretation of the subject composition. It was determined that, regardless of the private legal nature of the «services» category, the current state of social relations requires expanding views on the legal regulation of services in the state. Thus, it was found that administrative services are one of the key aspects of the coexistence of the state and private individuals, who have the opportunity to exercise their own subjective rights by applying to authorized entities to obtain a legally significant result that cannot be obtained in private law. It is emphasized that the provision of administrative services by authorized entities should be aimed at meeting the needs of the individual and society, which emphasizes the change in the management vector of the purpose of public service. This, in turn, explains the change in the direction of the subject of public service activity from obtaining the maximum positive effect for oneself, using the social potential of private individuals for benefit, to serving such private individuals. Particular attention is paid to the normative analysis of legislative acts that regulate the procedure for providing administrative services. In particular, the provisions of the Concept of Administrative Reform in Ukraine acquire special meaning, where it is determined that one of the tasks of the administrative reform to implement its tasks, the introduction of a new ideology of the functioning of the executive power and local self-government as an activity to ensure the realization of the rights and freedoms of citizens, the provision of state and public services. Thus, it was concluded that the concept of services reaches a new level of public awareness.