Features of public administration in social sphere

Abstract

The system of public administration and social protection of the population is one of the key components of modern society. Public administration, focused on meeting the needs of citizens, interacts with the social protection system to ensure stability, development and social justice. This relationship becomes an important factor in forming social policies aimed at supporting and protecting the most vulnerable segments of the population. In any state, the social sphere and the sphere of social policy serve the interests, first of all, of people as the highest value. The sphere of social policy is a part of the state policy, which through its actions mitigates the negative consequences of individual and social inequality, socio-economic upheavals in society. It is also one of the most important spheres of social life, in which social interests of all strata of the population, relations between society and individuals, working and living conditions, health, and recreation are realized. The purpose of the article is to analyze the role of public management of the social sphere and study the foundations of its functioning, generalize modern directions and trends in the formation and implementation of social policy, identify problems and prospects for development. The materials of the study are: 1) regulatory and legal support for public management of the social sphere; 2) works of domestic and foreign authors who conduct their scientific and practical research in the field of state management activities in the social sphere. In the process of conducting the research, the following scientific methods were used: theoretical generalization and grouping to characterize the components of social policy, a situational approach at the stage of determining the conceptual apparatus of social policy, the state's readiness to implement new methods of population protection; a comparative method in the analysis of social policy; generalization in formulating the conclusions of the research. The article examines the role of public administration in the functioning of the social sphere in modern conditions of the country's development; the functions, principles and objectives of social policy are defined and characterized. After all, in the national economic system, the social sphere occupies an important place as a complex of industries, the activities of which are aimed at forming general conditions for the comprehensive development of the individual, ensuring the expanded reproduction of the labor, intellectual and consumer potential of society. Analysis of sources shows that the social sphere is a set of industries and types of activities, enterprises, firms, institutions and institutions that must ensure the satisfaction of people's needs for material goods, services, reproduction of the genus, create conditions for the coexistence and cooperation of people in society in accordance with established laws and rules in order to create megacities, develop mass communications, and strengthen the state. In the further development of public administration in the field of social protection, it is necessary to pay attention to strengthening the efficiency of decision-making and implementation mechanisms, applying innovative approaches, and creating favorable conditions for ensuring social justice and the quality of life of the population. Further research and improvement of these aspects is an important task for the stable development of society and ensuring a decent life for all its citizens. Therefore, future research should be directed towards finding solutions that can determine the priority of state policy directions in the social sphere.