Bureaucracy (/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/; bure-OK-rə-see) is a system of organisation where decisions are made by a body of non-elected officials. Historically, a...

Look up bureaucracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bureaucracy is an organizational structure with the task of implementing the decisions and policies...

As stated by political scientist Samuel Krislov, representative bureaucracy is a notion that "broad social groups should have spokesman and officeholders...

Bureaucracy is a political book written by Austrian School economist and libertarian thinker Ludwig von Mises. The author's motivation in writing the...

Secret Joys of Bureaucracy is a 2015 book by anthropologist David Graeber about how people "relate to" and are influenced by bureaucracies. Graeber previously...

or by one of his representatives—operated the empire's administrative bureaucracy. State officials acted not as magistrates or elected public legates,...

his is "Pournelle's iron law of bureaucracy": In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control and...

Bureaucracy is an interactive fiction video game released by Infocom in 1987, scripted by comic science fiction author Douglas Adams. Infocom's twenty-fourth...

hypothetical. In more practical use, technocracy is any portion of a bureaucracy run by technologists. A government in which elected officials appoint...

A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can compose the administration of any organization of any size, although the term usually connotes someone...

Street-level bureaucracy is the subset of a public agency or government institution where the civil servants work who have direct contact with members...

than it is the public bureaucracy). Evidence suggests that existing SOEs are typically more efficient than government bureaucracy, but that this benefit...

metaphor of the iron cage because the bureaucracy is the greatest expression of rationality. Weber wrote that bureaucracies are goal-oriented organizations...

as a "Civil Service of Pakistan". During its time of formation, the bureaucracy produced Ghulam Ishaq Khan who would go on to become the President of...

colloquially called 'babus' (as in 'the rule of babus'), while Indian bureaucracy is called 'babudom'. The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and...

extraordinary progression towards more efficiency." Max Weber's conception of bureaucracy is characterized by the presence of impersonal positions that are earned...

responsible for foreign relations, the military and police, and the bureaucracy. Ministers or other officials head a country's public offices, such as...

The Roman Curia (Latin: Romana Curia) comprises the administrative institutions of the Holy See and the central body through which the affairs of the Roman...

has wide-ranging powers stemming from the control of the government bureaucracy, especially in the areas of overall economic or foreign policy. In parliamentary...

Class, Bureaucracy, and Schools: The Illusion of Educational Change in America is a 1971 book by American historian Michael B. Katz. The book focuses...

2307/309128. JSTOR 309128. Taranovski, Theodore (1984). "Alexander III and his Bureaucracy: The Limitations on Autocratic Power". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 26 (2/3):...

Chinese believe that deities or stars, are arranged in a "celestial bureaucracy" which influences earthly activities and is reflected by the hierarchy...

The Tsarist bureaucracy, alongside the military, the judiciary and the Russian Orthodox Church, played a major role in solidifying and maintaining the...

Philippines. These departments comprise the largest part of the country's bureaucracy. All departments are listed by their present-day name with their English...

People Against Bureaucracy (PAB) is a minor political party in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It was founded in 1976 to elect councillors to Tewkesbury...

which has overlapping social and political functions with civilian bureaucracy. It also has anti-democracy mission. The military is also notorious for...

the permanent bureaucracy of the nation; and is an inseparable part of the executive of the Government of India. As such, the bureaucracy remains politically...

mid-twentieth century saw the rise of German sociologist Max Weber's theory of bureaucracy, bringing about a substantive interest in the theoretical aspects of...

to exercise over the state bureaucracy, particularly after the death of Stalin, was far from total, with the bureaucracy pursuing different interests...

authorized the widespread imposition of segregation inside the federal bureaucracy. He ousted many African Americans from federal posts and his opposition...