Theoretical approaches to definition of the concept “meritocracy” as the mechanism of formation of the administrative elite

Abstract

The article analyzed contemporary approaches to the concept of “meritocracy”, analyzes the notion of “meritocracy as a mechanism for the formation of a management elite”, the principles of
meritocracy as a mechanism for the formation of a governing elite should be considered: objectivity, purposefulness, constancy, legitimacy, performance, measurability