Value profile of public servant in the context of contemporary Lithuanian political culture Cover Image

Vertybinis valstybės tarnautojo profilis šiuolaikinės Lietuvos politinės kultūros kontekste
Value profile of public servant in the context of contemporary Lithuanian political culture

Author(s): Jolanta Palidauskaitė
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla & VU Tarptautinių santykių ir politikos mokslų institutas

Summary/Abstract: Value orientations of Lithuanian civil servants are analyzed in the context of political culture of society. After the short summing-up on Lithuanian political culture research author concentrates on such features of political culture as distrust in authorities, public institutions, state and democracy; negative attitude towards legislation and attempts to drive through using informal rules and networks; inability to envisage difference between private and public. The role model of civil servant prescribed by Lithuanian legislation reflect the striving, meanwhile in reality officials’ practiced values correspond with the orientations of consuming society and some negative habits and stereotypes inherited from the soviet times.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 23-52
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Lithuanian