The Role of Bureaucracy in Domestic Public Administration in the Era of the Modern State

Theoretical Theses in the Age of Dangers

Abstract

We live in an age of dangers, which is darkened by wars, pandemics, and crises. However, bureaucracy remains with us in good times and bad times, too. Among the questions examined in the sub-research are, among others, why does the modern state always return to bureaucracy in the end? Why is the bureaucratic structure the solution, why regulation and (over)regulation are the characteristics of modern public administration? In addition to examining the nature of the modern State, the origins and domestic background of foreign bureaucracy are also presented. In relation to foreign state bureaucracy, we examine the theoretical theses of French, German, and Anglo-Saxon authors in the fields of organisational sociology, administrative sociology, and doctrinal jurisprudence. We also research these questions in the works of various domestic authors. The study discusses the lessons of the anti-bureaucracy measures of the domestic public administration in the period between 2010 and 2018, within the framework of a case study. It seems that bureaucracy is the necessary way of life of state administration, with its advantages and disadvantages, which is not without legal rules, sometimes without legal overregulation.