Modern governments: in search of a relevant model of the public administration system

The rapid changes in the modern world raise questions about the ability of national governments to manage them in the face of local and global turbulence. The subject of the analysis is the effectiveness of modern governments and the factors determining the ability of the public administration system to recognize and promptly eliminate emerging threats and challenges. The purpose of the study is to construct an effective model of executive power in the context of uncertainty and the formation of a multipolar world order. The research methodology is a binary comparative analysis of the structure and functioning mechanisms of governments in the parliamentary (FRG) and presidential-parliamentary (France) forms of government based on relevant markers and performance indices. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the empirical measurement of the functional characteristics of executive authorities based on markers that determine the level of effectiveness of the public administration systems of Germany and France. The scientific novelty of the study is the empirical measurement of the functional characteristics of executive authorities based on markers that determine the level of effectiveness of public administration systems in Germany and France. The results of the study identify variables that correlate the effectiveness of government functioning in classical and non-classical systems of public administration: methods of government formation and its structure, modes of interaction between the cabinet and parliament, legal investiture of government, type of party system. The practical significance of the study is that correlations have been identified between the effectiveness of the mechanism of functioning of government models and the mode of interaction between the legislative and executive authorities, the way the cabinet is formed and its legal investiture. In conclusion, practical recommendations are formulated to improve the effectiveness of the public administration system in Russia in the context of uncertainty, the implementation of CBR and Western restrictions.