Political Science 2246E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Friedrich Engels, Dialectical Materialism, Public Administration
Document Summary
Lecture 4 marx and engels: marxism and 20th century neo-marxist theories were largely discredited by the realities of. Communism in the soviet union: state was largely oppressive, karl marx and friedrich engels gave much to our understanding of modernity, administration, and the future. Marx wrote engels was a factory owner so he was actually a capitalist (bourgeoisie) Early attempts to preserve capitalism: under industrial market capitalism, the state preserved itself with harsh measures against the working class, unionization, for example, was illegal and punishable by deportation and execution. Little evidence of it withering away sadly, this proved to be wrong the coercive power of bureaucracy was very high in the. From the birth of the soviet union, both institutions enjoyed special powers and privileges. Separating politics from public administration and putting a series of technical measures rendered public administrators as bureaucrats. Administration as a skill set: a problem of acquiring and providing the right administrative skills" for the job.