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MERICAN Journal of Public Diplomacy and International Studies
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The current state of public administration structures is such that the size of the administrative 
apparatus and, accordingly, the public sector's expenses for it exceed the norms of financing 
from the budget within the share. This situation requires implementation of systemic reforms in 
order to optimize the activity of the bureaucracy. Historically, it developed within the framework 
of statehood, and from the 14th century, internal bureaucracy - neglecting the essence of work 
for the sake of formality - began to be associated with red tape. Therefore, in order to understand 
the problem of bureaucracy, it is necessary to distinguish two semantically close, but still 
different concepts: bureaucracy as a social group that manages the state on a daily basis, and 
bureaucracy as a way of working of some managers
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At the current stage of development in Western democracies, the so-called realistic concept of 
bureaucracy dominates. As a rule, the essence of the evolution of the modern Western view of 
bureaucracy is to supplement the Weberian model with the possibility of changing the 
bureaucracy through personnel rotation. The concept of "bureaucracy" is usually used in the 
context of the inability of a bureaucratic organization to function effectively. Bureaucratism, in 
contrast to rational bureaucracy, is theoretically evaluated as a negative phenomenon
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One of the common features of modern bureaucrats and their predecessors is that they do not fit 
the requirements of bureaucracy in the classical Weberian sense. The modern domestic 
bureaucracy is often represented by people from the old Soviet nomenclature. This is evidence of 
the so-called personal succession - the selection of successors to positions in the state apparatus 
based on the personal choice of the previous leader, rather than personnel competition. E. Gaidar 
said that in the process of property distribution, first of all, the nomenclature (and its 
"subsidiaries" are called Komsomol business) got rich. We can conclude from this that as a result 
of the transition from a totalitarian system to a democratic political system, a unique social 
network of individual bureaucrats who not only successfully survived political changes, but also 
strengthened their political power due to these changes, and the economic situation in society 
was formed. 
The increasing politicization of the bureaucracy became possible due to the action of a number 
of factors. This is primarily the political weakness of modern politicians. We identify several 
main reasons for the degradation of the modern political elite. One of them is the complete 
dependence of politicians on political technologists and speech writers. Their lack of political 
thinking and political intuition turns modern politicians into shiny artificial mannequins who 
declare what is "necessary" in a "necessary" situation. In his time, V. Churchill saw the 
difference between a politician and a statesman in that a politician is directed to the next 
elections, and a statesman is directed to the next generations. Orientation to political 
technologies keeps statesmen away from politics. The desire to create an ideal image, but not 
directed and supported by real work, the fear of making a wrong step and not liking the voters, 
the inability to take responsibility for the situation in the country - all this makes politics, its 
strategic decision-making impossible
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It is well known that low wages do not guarantee a decent standard of living for officials and are 
a strong argument for their low motivation to work and the main condition for the spread of 
corruption, which can replace wages in such conditions. However, an increase in the salaries of 
officials is not positively correlated with a decrease in bureaucratic and corrupt behavior by 
them. The weak link between high wages and honesty is that this relationship is based on the 
assumption that officials become corrupt due to financial hardship. But the fact that the most 
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Гречко П.К. Бюрократия: опыт осмысления // Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: 
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Russell E.J. Bureaucracy Within the Emergency Services In Command of Guardians // Executive Servant 
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