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Bureaucracy and System Maintenance

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Bureaucracy and smooth functioning; Bureaucracy and system stability; Bureaucracy and system sustainability; Public administration and system sustainability

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Bureaucracy:

Nonelected government officials characterized by the specialization of functions, adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy (adjusted from Merriam-Webster 2020).

System maintenance:

Maintaining the stability of the current elements of the system and creating conditions for its sustainable development.

Bureaucracy permeates all state authorities to regulate their areas of responsibilities. Effective bureaucracy means a balance between costs and results. When this balance is violated, bureaucracy becomes inefficient (Klimenko and Barabashev 2017). For instance, excessive regulation leads to excessive costs negatively affecting the stability of the system maintenance. Bureaucracy develops a set of rules that evolve into state policies. The effectiveness of national bureaucracy depends not only on the...

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  1. Public Service Improvement Center, Institute of Economic Policy and Economic Security Problems, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

    Alexander Larionov

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Larionov, A. (2020). Bureaucracy and System Maintenance. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_672-1

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