THEORETICAL DEFINITION AND TERMINOLOGY DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CONCEPTS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, STATE ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

Prolović Nevena (MA, istraživač – pripravnik, Institut za međunarodnu politiku i privredu, Beograd), nevena@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs

The paper analyses the concepts of public and state administration focusing on the key elements of their distinction and the concept of local self-government, which is closely related to them. Within the context of contemporary needs and trends of the global development administrative organization, the principles of good public, local, and regional management will be discussed. At the end of paper, the level of decentralization and local government positions in the Western Balkans countries will be presented by a comparative approach as well as the harmonization of legislations of these countries with the European Union law in this area.

Keywords: State administration, public administration, local self-government