Coordination of public and private interests as a necessary condition for stable public administration

Aim. Based on the analysis of the category of “public interest” in the Russian doctrine, the current procedure for including public relations as public interests in the institutional environment, determine the reasons for the priority of public (state) interests over private ones established by the institutional environment, make proposals aimed at establishing a reasonable balance between them in the process of state management of the national economy. Methodology. The theoretical basis of the conducted study was formed by doctrinal sources considering the problems of theoretical economics, functioning of the political system and legal regulation of the sphere of public administration. In the course of the study, general scientific methods of cognition (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction), as well as specific scientific methods: normative, comparative. Results. In the course of the study, it was established that at present, the doctrine justifiably distinguishes three groups of interests: state, public and private, provided that the inclusion of individual groups of social relations in the list of public interests and its consolidation in the institutional environment is associated with the limitation of private interests in the relevant sphere and, first of all, in the economic one. At the same time, the current institutional environment of the political process excludes the possibility of direct participation of citizens in the coordination of state decisions in the sphere of distribution of limited resources and the inclusion of certain types of social relations in the list of public interests, which can have a negative impact on the stability of public administration and requires coordination. Research implications. The conducted research allowed us to draw some conclusions and make proposals aimed at improving the institutional environment of the political process, which should facilitate the coordination of public and private interests, increase the level of trust of Russian society in the state, consolidate Russian society and create conditions for stable public administration. The results of the research make a certain contribution to the development of the theory of institutionalism.