SOC

304

Bureaucracy and  Development

(

3

cr)

Same as POLS 304. Prerequisite: 6 hours of social sciences or consent of instructor. Offered in alternate years.

Relationship between the character of formal organizations and the unfolding of sociopolitical processes. Importance of bureaucratic forms of organization, advantages and problems of bureaucracy, pathologies of bureaucracy, bureaucratic behavior and corruption, alternatives to bureaucratic organization.

 

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