Democracy and Power

Question 1

Bureaucracy

Answer 1

organization in which rules are the basis of action, are rationally organized to coordinate all actors

a way of of organizing and dividing tasks in the government

it involves coordinating people and getting them to pursue organizational interests, instead of personal

Question 2

Weber and Bureaucracy

Answer 2

believed that organizations in Western Europe are getting closer to the ideal in his lifetime

very important basis of power, allows us to do amazing things that previously was not possible

Question 3

The Darker side of Bureaucracy

Answer 3

Weber also dreaded it

1) Dehumanization
2) Destruction
3) Iron cage

Question 4

Dehumanization

Answer 4

makes us simply follow rules, don’t think for ourselves, are controlled by the bureaucratic machine

Question 5

Destruction

Answer 5

bureaucracy allows us to do some very horrible things when the wrong people control it

Question 6

Iron cage

Answer 6

bureaucracies control everything, we are unable to act freely

Question 7

Weber: Positive effect of Bureaucracy

Answer 7

Bureaucracy promotes democracy

1) Great social leveller (based on merit, not birth)

2)Organizing democracy
(organizations needed to make mass democracies function properly)

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