Weber''s Scorecard - State Development, Bureaucracy, Officialdom in Europe Since

This book examines Max Weber's understanding of bureaucracy by applying his ideas to the development of officialdom from the ninth century to the present in six European countries. It shows that Weber's scorecard has a mixed record, especially weak in its account of the development of monocracy and formalism.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Patrimonialism and ninth-century government


• 3: Twelfth-century feudal officialdom


• 4: Growing intensity in the fifteenth century


• 5: Absolutism, bureaucracy, and eighteenth-century fiscal-military states


• 6: Constitutional officialdom: The 1950s and after


• 7: Weber's scorecard


• 8: If not Weber, then what?

About the author

Edward C. Page is Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professor of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, having previously held positions at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Hull. He is the co-editor, with Steven J. Balla and Martin Lodge, of The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration (OUP 2015) and author of Policy Without Politicians: Bureaucratic Influence in Comparative Perspective (OUP 2012).

Summary

This book examines Max Weber's understanding of bureaucracy by applying his ideas to the development of officialdom from the ninth century to the present in six European countries. It shows that Weber's scorecard has a mixed record, especially weak in its account of the development of monocracy and formalism.

Product details

• Authors: Edward C. Page, Edward C. (Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professo Page, Page Edward C.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9780198904274
• ISBN: 978-0-19-890427-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Political structure & processes, Public Administration, Comparative Politics, Political structure and processes