Open AccessAdministration and the Bureaucratic Phenomenon
Author(s) -
Teodor CÂRNAȚ,
Ana-Maria Ambrosă
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
anuarul universităţii "petre andrei" din iaşi. fascicula drept, ştiinţe economice, ştiinţe politice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2601-7008
pISSN - 2248-1079
DOI - 10.18662/upalaw/66
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , hierarchy , administration (probate law) , government (linguistics) , phenomenon , control (management) , politics , public administration , power (physics) , political science , economics , law , management , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
The modern administrative systems are huge bureaucratic mechanisms, defined by hierarchy, continuity, impersonality and expertize. There are multiple power games that operate within those systems, and that attenuate the mechanical and rational functionning of the government. When it takes the executive’s place, the administration becomes an independent bureaucracy, out of control and capable of undermining or even blocking the political initiatives of the government.