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Is Weber’s idea of bureaucracy a product of the historical experiences of Europe? Comment.

  • UPSC 2023
  • Politics and Society

Max Weber's ideal type of bureaucracy (Economy and Society, 1922) was built largely from the Prussian-German state, Roman law and the capitalist enterprise. Its genealogy is European, but its method is comparative. The claim is therefore true of its origins, not of its analytical reach.

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