Public administration discourse in the programs of the Lithuanian political parties

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Viešoji politika; Viešasis administravimas; Diskursas; Politinės partijos; Programa; Public policy; Public administration; Discourse; Political parties.

ENScholarly literature analysis has been carried out to theoretically substantiate the interaction between public administration and public policy and highlight changes in the public administration paradigm. In the paper, a discourse is viewed as a wide presentation of public administration ideas. Since a discourse is not an isolated phenomenon, everything that has been noted, emphasized, expressed, summarized and is related to public administration is considered to be part ofpublic administration discourse. Drawing on theoretical insights the paper deals with public administration discourse in the programs of the Lithuanian political parties: the Labour Party, the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the Order and Justice Party and the Lithuanian Liberal Movement. Analysis of the content of the programs of the selected political parties has been carried out, its results have been evaluated and the main public administration paradigms in the programs ofthe political parties have been determined. [From the publication]