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>bureaucracy, as a term, pretty much says so. Bureaucracy, as per Weber, is nothing but the rational and impersonal administration of resources and exists in a
by Barrin92 1y ago
>bureaucracy, as a term, pretty much says so.
Bureaucracy, as per Weber, is nothing but the rational and impersonal administration of resources and exists in any sufficiently large institution, private or public. It is in fact so efficient that it is omnipresent to the point of being the defining feature of modernity, having replaced familial, personal or arbitrary rule.
Whether it's the old aristocracies of Europe replaced by the Prussian state, workshops replaced by Fordist factories, Guanxi in China replaced by modern administration, all of that is simply introduction of formal management and organization, i.e. bureaucracy.
- johnisgood 1y agoI did not mean in it in the dictionary sense, and please do not let us delude ourselves that bureaucracy has much to do with what the dictionary says so.
- disgruntledphd2 1y agoIn what sense did you mean it, then?
- johnisgood 1y agoI mean, have you ever had experiences with the Government? Have you been to court? Do you know how long everything takes? It speaks volumes. It took 3 years (!) here for someone to be finally given a sentence who almost killed 3 people (and it is on CCTV). This is just one instance, there are zillions.
- giardini 1y agohow big is a zillion?
- johnisgood 1y agoVery big.