Features of providing public and municipal services: interdisciplinary analysis

State and municipal services, as a function of public authority, are integrated into the interests and needs of the entire population. It is difficult to overestimate their social importance in view of their constant use by most citizens of the country. At the same time, contradictory approaches to the disclosure of the socio-economic content of this category, concerns about the appearance of the market term «service» in the public administration system continue to generate discussions in the scientific community on this problem. This is particularly evident in education and health services. The present study reveals a variety of modern approaches to this problem, clarifies their essential content and purpose, identifies features in comparison with other types of services.