CGS SS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Distributism, Elite
6 Apr 2016
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Max weber and bureaucracy: the nature of bureaucracy and the five universal social institutions the prominence of polity. Bureaucracy a hierarchal authority structure that operates under rules and procedures. Rationalization the process by which tradition were replaced by abstract, explicit, carefully calculated rules and procedures: can be seen in virtually every aspect of our lives today, as efficiently/quickly as possible, example: education. Long ago, responsibility of family to education. Now, replaced by specialists (taken over by state: education, religion, family. Most important in not modernized societies: polity. Become high demands in highly modernized societies. Craftsmanship replaced by laborers on assembly line. Specialization of labor weber saw as key factor to modernization: characteristics as ideal type of bureaucracy. Doesn"t exist in reality because an ideal (but best represents what it should be) Systematic division of labor: high degree of specialization, specific duties to perform. You will be thoroughly trained (expert: many positions occupied by technically and professionally qualified specialists.
