Rationalization and Bureaucracy

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This paper examines the results of modernization under the political views of Max Weber and Karl Marx. The paper describes that modernist society has increased effectiveness and production in their societies, but at the same time created a depersonalized bureaucratic state. It describes the influence of machinery on their social order, as an example, Weber claimed that a "modern judge is a vending machine."

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"Bureaucracy is a major function of man's self realization of his system of government, with the form of bureaucracy he is able to gain control over his functionalities and bring into line many forms of systemic thinking (Coser 230). Weber's theories and conclusions of bureaucracy are coupled with his interests in the nature of power and authority, this is co joined with his views all- encompassing preoccupation with modern theories and trends that link to the rationalizations of man's self images and views (Coser 230)."

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