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In Search of the Ideology of Public Serving: Analysis of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China

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Abstract

The author tries to deal with such phenomena as political and non-political ideology. The author’s thesis is that even in non-ideological states there are non-political ideologies, which, in the case of bureaucracy, manifest themselves as an ideology of service, service to society and the common good. The paper provides a comparative analysis of the regulatory documents of Russia and China. The author finds strengths and weaknesses in both countries. The main conclusion of the work is that even in a non-ideological state, civil servants need a clear formalization of the ideology of serving the society.

Keywords

  • Public service
  • Bureaucracy
  • Ideology
  • Political ideology
  • Non-political ideology
  • Policy
  • Politics
  • Common good
  • Political and legal approach
  • Moral politics

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    The practice of testing for knowledge of the Constitution is available in the Federation Council.

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    Artur Vafin

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    Radomir Bolgov

  2. St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

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  3. Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Vafin, A. (2023). In Search of the Ideology of Public Serving: Analysis of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. In: Bolgov, R., et al. Proceedings of Topical Issues in International Political Geography. TIPG 2021. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20620-7_21

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