Stratification of Public Servants in the Russian Federation as the Result of the Public Service Reform: Case Study

Svetlana Kostina,Ekaterina Zaytseva,Galina Bannykh

doi:10.24193/tras.si2018.3

Abstract

The collapse of the Soviet communist political system led to forced public sector reforms in the respective countries. A rather complex system of public service has emerged in Russia over 25 years of reform. The purpose of the article is to conduct a stratification analysis of the current state of the public service in the Russian Federation in the context of public service reform by the case study method. The article presents a case study of the current situation of stratification of public servants in Russia. The analysis is based on the application of a group of methods: analysis of statistical data, a questionnaire survey of public servants and secondary data analysis. The analysis allowed for the stratification of public servants in Russia on the following parameters: type of service, branch of authority, level of authority, sectoral and territorial affiliation of government authorities, gender and age of employees, level of education, income, self-identity.

Highlights

In the early 1990s, several dozen communist states were forced to re-build public administration systems taking into account the regime change, the demands of the time and the economy
‘we argue that reinventing government, contrary to its most ardent proponents’ rhetoric, threatens to undermine the important role played by public servants in modern democratic governments’ (Kearney and Hays, 1998)
It should be noted that the structure of the public service in Russia is determined by several factors: firstly, the aforementioned limited concept of the public service adopted in Russia; secondly, a federal structure of the state, which distinguishes the levels of service – federal and subjects of the federation; thirdly, the separation of the local government and the corresponding service from the system of public administration

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In the early 1990s, several dozen communist states were forced to re-build public administration systems taking into account the regime change, the demands of the time and the economy. The formation of the public service of the Russian Federation began in 1991 with the adoption of the Decree of the President of the RSFSR on the establishment of a rational public service (Decree of the President of the RSFSR, 1991). It involved the normative provision of the public service and the establishment of the Main Directorate for Personnel Training. The modern stage of the public service reform in Russia began in 2001 with the adoption of the Concept of Public Service Reform in the Russian Federation. The basic normative legal acts that determined the structure of the Russian public service were adopted in 2003-2005

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