The European model of administrative management: features and diversity of approaches

Abstract

The present section offers a comprehensive comparative examination of administrative governance models across Europe, delineating four principal typologies: the continental (Romano-Germanic), Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian, and post socialist models, while elucidating their foundational principles, structural characteristics, merits, and limitations. It further assesses the European Union's instrumental role in fostering legal harmonization, promulgating principles of good governance – encompassing transparency, accountability, and civic participation – and providing financial incentives for structural reforms among member states. In addition, the analysis contrasts these established European frameworks with Ukraine's administrative system, emphasizing persistent centralization legacies, the ongoing decentralization reforms initiated in 2014, fiscal interdependencies, and progressive developments in electronic governance through the Diia platform, thereby identifying potential trajectories for Ukraine to incorporate efficacious European practices toward enhanced administrative efficiency and citizen centric orientation.