On the issue of the category of efficiency in activity of bodies of authority and management in Russian and foreign scientific discourses

The article discusses the categories that characterize management efficiency issues. The author analyzes such concepts as political, management, authorities, efficiency in Anglo-Saxon and Russian political science. The concept of efficiency is considered both as a universal managerial category, and as a unit of the public administration system. On the base of the analysis performed, the author reveals a causal relationship between political conditions and an increase in the effectiveness of the activities of the authorities and administration in the Russian Federation.