Nikovskaya L. I., Yakimets V. N. Civil Initiatives and Public Administration. In: Development Policy, State and World Order. Materials of VIII All-Russian Congress of Political Scientists. ... Nikovskaya L. I., Yakimets V. N. Civil Initiatives and Public Administration. In: Development Policy, State and World Order. Materials of VIII All-Russian Congress of Political Scientists./ under the General ed. O. V. Gaman Golutvina, L. V. Smorgunova, L. N. Timofeeva. Moscow 6-8 December 2018. Moscow: Aspect Press 2018. P. 383-384.ISBN 978-5-7567-1011-3Posted on site: 26.11.18 AbstractThe concept of public-state governance is considered. The development of institutions of public participation, mechanisms of intersectoral social partnership and e-democracy contributes to the rationalization of the interaction of power and society, to increase of intensity of interaction between the government and civil society, as well as stimulates the reform of public administration in the direction of increasing openness and publicity, which allows more adequately to take into account the growing demand of the young, educated urban middle class in the direction of public-private partnership, more active attitude to the social foundations of their lives. The necessity of development of public-state governance is proved.