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How does Weber use the notion of ‘ideal types’ in his theory of bureaucracy?

  • UPSC 2014
  • Sociological Thinkers

In his "Objectivity" essay (1904), Max Weber defined an ideal type as a mental construct. It is formed by the one-sided accentuation of certain points of view and the synthesis of scattered concrete phenomena into a logically consistent picture. It is "ideal" in the logical sense, not the moral one. His account of bureaucracy in…

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  • Step 1: Construction through accentuation
  • Step 2: Contrast with other pure types
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