Conference and Round Table on Public Administration in Modern Russia and Hungary in the Framework of the MSU–NUPS Academic Week (October 9–10, 2018)

Reviewing the Theory of Public Administration: Comparison of Approaches of Russia and Central and Eastern Europe

Abstract

The article is devoted to the theoretical discourse on the prospects for the implementation of the Neo-Weberian paradigm in the EU countries, as well as the theoretical foundations and practices of the dilemma “strong state/weak bureaucracy vs. weak state/strong bureaucracy” on the example of the modern Russian system of public administration in comparison with the experience of Hungary. Particular attention is paid to the prospects and practices of strategic planning in modern Russia.