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This paper analyzes the economic foundations of a non-democratic political regime, where the ruling bureaucracy captures rents through collective control over state property and job assignment. The model developed here yields the equilibrium in the 'political labor market,' where the ruling...

The existential insecurity of human beings has induced them to create protective spheres of symbols: myths, religions, values, belief systems, theories, etc. Rationality is one of the key factors contributing to the construction of civilisation in technical and symbolic terms. As Hankiss (2001)...

Organizational agility and decision-making are critical in today’s dynamic business environment, but overemphasis on hierarchy and bureaucracy can hinder both. This article presents the find- ings of a study that examined the negative impact of overemphasis on hierarchy and bureaucracy on...