The concept of co-production of public services: issues of interpretation and evolution

The paper reveals the content of the concept of co-production of public services. The article shows that the content of the concept of co-production of public services changed synchronously with the evolution of public administration, acquiring its own special meaning within the framework of the corresponding paradigm. The author concludes that the concept of co-production had acquired a new meaning within the paradigm of new public governance, within which one could talk about the real participation of citizens in the production of public services. At the same time, there remains a serious problem of deformalization of such participation.