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.

MAX WEBER AND BUREAUCRACY

INTRODUCTION : Max Weber is considered to be one of the foremost social scientists of modern times. He has made valuable contribution to several disciplines, particularly Sociology, Economics, History and Political Science. He is specially known for his theories about the rise of capitalism in Western Europe, and bureaucracy. Max Weber's name, however, became synonymous with bureaucracy. Weber's influence on the modern thinkers on administration is enormous. Most of the studies on bureaucracy, are considered "as either different versions of Weberian model or attempts at contradicting it". Weber's bureaucratic model, theories on legitimacy and domination formed the basis for a number of further studies.

COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

An Introduction

Though, comparisons of Administrative systems has had a long tradition, it is only after WWII and with the emergence of new Asian and African Nations which brought a vigor in Comparative Studies of Public Administration.The nature of Comparative Administration has vast ramifications and ranges from the narrowest of studies to the broadest of analysis.