Bureaucracy and bureaucratization as a social phenomenon

  • Victor E. Smirnov Institute of Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4421-5826
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6821-2020-2-61-71

Abstract

The article emphasizes that the bureaucracy is a special social group that has specific essential and mandatory features, due to which it plays an important role in the system of management of society. It is proved that the phenomenon of bureaucratization of not only management, but also all spheres of society, as a rule, is associated with the exit of functions of the bureaucracy beyond the limits of applicability of its essential structure and principles of activity. This, in turn, is due to the crisis of the socio-economic system of society and, consequently, of the authority, which expands the opportunities and claims of the bureaucracy in the management of the social system.

Author Biography

Victor E. Smirnov, Institute of Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

PhD (sociology); leading researcher

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Published
2020-10-03
Keywords: bureaucracy, bureaucratization, management, social group, debureaucratization, dysfunction of bureaucracy
How to Cite
Smirnov, V. E. (2020). Bureaucracy and bureaucratization as a social phenomenon. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology, 2, 61-71. https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6821-2020-2-61-71
Issue
No 2 (2020): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology
Section
Articles and Reports

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