Section 4
Bureaucracy
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Bureaucracies and Formal Groups
A bureaucracy is an organization of non-elected officials who implements the rules, laws, and functions of their institution.
Weber's Model for Bureaucracy
Weber identified in bureaucracies a rational-legal authority in which legitimacy is seen as coming from a legal order.
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The "McDonaldization" of Society
Sociologist George Ritzer theorizes "McDonaldization" as a contemporary form of rationalization.