Political and legal evolution of ukrainian sovereign bureaucracy

• Main Author: О. V. Zabrodina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Grani" 2015-02-01
• Series: Granì
• Subjects: українська бюрократія; етапи розвитку української бюрократії; політизованість бюрократичного апарату; політико­владна еліта
• Online Access: https://grani.org.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/151

The article deals with the evolution of   ukrainian sovereign bureaucracy in the context of a political and legal framework. Determined that Ukraine is inherent in the combination of «Eastern» and «Western» model of bureaucracy. In particular, the «Western» model prevailed during the existence of Ukraine as an independent state, while the «eastern» model dominated the loss of its periods of its independent status. Selected stages of   ukrainian sovereign bureaucracy. In the initial stages of bureaucratization of public administration is transformed   ukrainian bureaucracy of the Soviet bureaucracy in sovereign bureaucracy (the 1990s).   ukrainian officials became independent force, which is characterized by a high degree non­personified character. The ideal profile   ukrainian officials – a technocrat, not related ideological commitments and that in making decisions using criteria of economic and social efficiency. At a time when the old authoritarian mechanisms of political leadership destroyed, and the new, democratic or not yet started, or have low efficiency, bureaucracy becomes a powerful interest group, as opposed to the political class and civil society, the purpose of which is to use the assigned job positions to expand the social and political impact and maximize benefits from administrative rent. State building in independent Ukraine has meant that the bureaucracy is gradually becoming an effective instrument of implementing government policy in an independent socio­political relations, a set of institutional interest groups that privatizing some structure and function of public administration. It is shown that for   ukrainian bureaucracy, especially the higher levels, a high state of politicization. In its activities, subject to the needs of the bureaucracy struggle for political power, it is involved in the political opposition, resulting in inadequate functions and purpose of expanding bureaucracy limits of authority, competence, responsibilities and thereby violated functional and role status and principles of bureaucratic organization. Proved that the current stage of bureaucracy management structure tour in Ukraine related to the events of late 2004 – early 2005, during which brought to power a new political team that actualized the adaptation bureaucratic structures to European standards. This process is complicated by the intense politicization bureaucratic machine manifestations of social and psychological fatigue from endless changes. This concern fatigue, apathy, aggression in the population. Being long standby time change for the better, people lost faith in the good intentions of the government and resist any changes that are even justified. In fact, at the present stage of state is chance to overcome the effects fusion authoritarian bureaucracy that leads to cultivation among officials slavish obedience, dogmatic thinking, conservatism, social apathy, a decrease in confidence in the political and ruling elite in society.