Post-Soviet Officialdom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20413085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleksandr V Obolonskii (Russian Academy of Sciences), Оболонский Александр Валентинович (Russian Academy of Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 65-82 |
| Publication date | 1997-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1061-0154 • E-ISSN: 2328-5184 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2753/sor1061-0154360665 |
| OpenAlex | W2033349699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
One of the most profound contemporary analysts of the phenomenon of bureaucracy, the late E. Kamenka, wrote: "bureaucracy transcends differences between capitalism and communism, democracy and dictatorship, the industrialized ‘Western world’ and the organized despotism of ancient empires and ‘agrarian’ societies. It shaped our past and aims to rule our future. However, as important as the concept of bureaucracy is, it is nonetheless used in different, vague, and misleading ways" [1]. [Retranslated from the Russian.—Ed.] This statement prefaced the author's study of historical forms of bureaucracy, from ancient Mesopotamia to the late USSR, in which he demonstrated not only the points these have in common but also, and to no less extent, the many qualitative distinctions between them
Agrarian society · Ancient history · Archaeology · Bureaucracy · Capitalism · Communism · Democracy · Dictatorship · Economic history · Epistemology · Mesopotamia · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Corruption and Economic Development · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2001 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |