SOC-1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Protestantism, Opiate, Corporate Personhood
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Authority rest with the office not the incumbent. Appointments are made by specialized qualification rather than ascription. Ascription: literally not written down implying that jobs are given to those with personal connections accomplish complex long-term projects. Bureaucracies efficiently coordinate the work of large numbers of people to. Modern economies and technologies are only possible through bureaucracy. Bureaucracy allows the centralization of coercive power. Modern states are successful to the extent they monopolize the use of coercive power within their borders. The major advantage of bureaucracy is calculability of results. Why did modern capitalism start in england and the united states. Capitalism is private ownership of the means of production to produce profit for owners at worker"s expense. Religious ideas lead to economic systems like capitalism. Religion justifies unfair economic systems: religion is the opiate of the masses . The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism important theory of the origin of.
