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Re-Creating the State: Bureaucracies and the Distribution of Social Welfare Payments in Poland and Russia
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R
E
-C
REATING THE
S
TATE
:
B
UREAUCRACIES AND THE
D
ISTRIBUTION
OF
S
OCIAL
W
ELFARE
P
AYMENTS IN
P
OLAND AND
R
USSIA
Marc P. Berenson
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Politics
130 Corwin Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
E-mail: ## email not listed ##
Abstract:
By looking at the distribution of childcare and unemployment benefits in post-communist
Poland and Russia, this paper explores why some transitional states are capable at administering policy in a satisfactory manner. To obtain a full picture of the distribution of these benefits over the past decade and a half, the degree to which arrears plagued the social welfare systems in the 1990s first is examined. Then, the results from a set of social welfare bureaucratic responsiveness surveys, undertaken in June and July 2004, are presented and analyzed to show that both countries’ social welfare bureaucracies perform in a manner deemed helpful to Poles and Russians. The two countries’ social welfare structures next are evaluated through the lens of Max Weber’s criteria for a rational bureaucracy and are found to be less “rational” than their counterparts in the tax administration, suggesting that they both meet minimal thresholds for providing adequate service.
Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2 - September 5, 2004. Copyright by the American Political Science Association.
Preliminary Draft: Please do not cite or quote without author’s permission. Comments are welcome!
Version: 23 August 2004
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R
E
-C
REATING THE
S
TATE
:
B
UREAUCRACIES AND THE
D
ISTRIBUTION
OF
S
OCIAL
W
ELFARE
P
AYMENTS IN
P
OLAND AND
R
USSIA
Marc P. Berenson
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Politics
130 Corwin Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
E-mail: ## email not listed ##
Abstract:
By looking at the distribution of childcare and unemployment benefits in post-communist
Poland and Russia, this paper explores why some transitional states are capable at administering
policy in a satisfactory manner. To obtain a full picture of the distribution of these benefits over
the past decade and a half, the degree to which arrears plagued the social welfare systems in the
1990s first is examined. Then, the results from a set of social welfare bureaucratic
responsiveness surveys, undertaken in June and July 2004, are presented and analyzed to show
that both countries’ social welfare bureaucracies perform in a manner deemed helpful to Poles
and Russians. The two countries’ social welfare structures next are evaluated through the lens of
Max Weber’s criteria for a rational bureaucracy and are found to be less “rational” than their
counterparts in the tax administration, suggesting that they both meet minimal thresholds for
providing adequate service.
Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
September 2 - September 5, 2004. Copyright by the American Political Science Association.
Preliminary Draft: Please do not cite or quote without author’s permission. Comments are welcome!
Version: 23 August 2004
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