Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Long Term Ecological Research Network, Belief, Legislature
15 Apr 2016
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Rise of interest group and media power. Persona agents of a monarch, no job description but do what is told to them by monarch, carry personal authority of monarch when carrying out orders. Extension of personal authority of the crown. Key to bureaucracy: of ces carry portions of authority - have degree of authority appropriate to the function they"ve been given. Merit based recruitment/advancement, what you know not who you know. Division of labour, people avoid the costs associated with shifting from one area to another and instead specialize in one area and become really good at it. Formal rules (relies on these(usually written), bureaucracy is impersonal, of ce exists independently of of ce holder (exist before bureaucrat and survive after their departure) Not every bureaucracy is the same, but weber believed every state would eventually become more like a bureaucracy. Specialists who emphasize skills in one particular area.
