Instead of predicted globalization of state governance, that is described as appearance of a “global cosmopolitan state” one can see the divergence, caused by non-uniformity of innovative development; strengthening of situational competition in different states and the ways of life that experience the stress of innovative development.
Uncertainty of innovative development is a real reason for the contemporary crisis of public governance. The article introduces the notion of administrative crisis as an aspect of public governance crisis: inadequacy of existing administrative mechanisms of governance to new challenges.
Current state governance administrative paradigms that describe the state as a system of administrative bodies and a system of public service are transformed under the pressure of administrative crisis. The main theories and models inside the administrative paradigms that appear due to the administrative crisis are explored.