The illiberal transformation of government bureaucracies: Patterns and dynamics

Zsolt Boda, ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, HungaryELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law, Institute for Political Science, György HajnalCorvinus University of Budapest, Institute for Social and Political Science, ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Political Science

Public Policy and Administration

Published online on August 27, 2025

Abstract

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Emerging experience on the illiberal transformation of central government bureaucracy suggests that it is not a one-way street leading to a new equilibrium. The paper examines this dynamic and links it to existing scholarship on organizational change and ...