INTRODUCTION : Public Administration as an academic discipline has come into existence with the important paper of Woodrow Wilson on the Study of Administration. Ever since a number of theories, approaches and concepts in administiation have been developed. In recent years, administration is increasing along with the growing functions. In fact, there has been a change in the very nature of the state which is reflected in increasing functions which the governments are undertaking. Another manifestation in this change is the rapid growth of civil services.
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Showing posts with label Bureaucracy. Show all posts
REPRESENTATIVE BUREAUCRACY
INTRODUCTION : Bureaucracy is an instrument and a means of Public Administration. But because of its durable, stable nature and expertise, it becomes a repository af authority and power in the state. The political executive cannot do without the help of bureaucracy. The citizens have more contacts with it than with the members of the political executive.
KARL MARX ON BUREAUCRACY
INTRODUCTION : Karl Marx was a great social revolutionary as well as a social scientist. His influence continues to be felt not only in social sciences, philosophy and literature, but also through revolutions in countries like Russia, China and Vietnam. His thought is being interpreted and re-interpreted in different ways by several schools, such as the Frankfurt school, the existentialists, the structuralists, Russian communists, Chinese communists, Trotskyists and so on. The combination of revolutionary thought and action in Marx's work is of special significance for underdeveloped countries where revolutionary movements are growing.
MEANING OF BUREAUCRACY
INTRODUCTION
BUREAUCRACY is a term with strong emotional overtones and elusive implications. Bureaucracy is also a much researched area by Public Administrationists, Political Scientists, Sociologists and many others. As a result, there is no terminological accuracy about the concept of bureaucracy. To some, it is efficiency and to others, it is inefficiency. To some it is a term synonymous with civil service and to others it refers to a body of officials. It is this that has made one scholar to comment that 'bureaucracy is a notorious word of our age'. It is, therefore, necessary to know what is the origin of the term and what are its different meanings.
BUREAUCRACY is a term with strong emotional overtones and elusive implications. Bureaucracy is also a much researched area by Public Administrationists, Political Scientists, Sociologists and many others. As a result, there is no terminological accuracy about the concept of bureaucracy. To some, it is efficiency and to others, it is inefficiency. To some it is a term synonymous with civil service and to others it refers to a body of officials. It is this that has made one scholar to comment that 'bureaucracy is a notorious word of our age'. It is, therefore, necessary to know what is the origin of the term and what are its different meanings.
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