SOCIOL 3AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Antipositivism, Scientific Method, Social Change
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Economic factors important but ideas and values have just as much of an impact on society. Believed that bureaucracy was the purest form of rational legal authority. Official duties designated in a fixed way. Authority to give commands distributed in a stable way. You can only occupy a position if you have the necessary qualifications. All lower offices governed by higher supervisions. Jurisdiction based on a set of stable, exhaustive rules. No patronage (giving out jobs through connections/relations rather than an actual qualification) You get a job based on a checklist of qualifications. Democratization - minimizes power of civil servants and lower classes and privileges greatest possible direct rule (party leaders) Because you need an area of expertise to be placed in a rung of the hierarchy. Attitude of habitual, expert mastery of duties/functions. Bureaucracy perpetuates bc it"s in everyone"s interest. Leadership may change but the structure remains.
