BharatNotes Weberian Bureaucracy
Max Weber's ideal-type model of bureaucracy characterised by hierarchy, specialisation, rules-based operation, impersonality, full-time salaried officials, and merit-based recruitment.
Context & Background
Developed by German sociologist Max Weber (Economy and Society, 1922); influenced the Indian administrative structure through British colonial inheritance.
UPSC Exam Relevance
Often used as theoretical frame in GS2/GS4 answers on civil service neutrality, ethics, and reform; contrast with New Public Management (NPM) and New Public Governance (NPG).
