The People Like Us site has been retired from pbs.org. People Like Us Social Class in America See the film that raises provocative questions about our society today.
The Scientific Study of Bureaucracy: An Overview. Kenneth J. Meier and George A. Krause. The Foundations of the Scientific Study of Public Bureaucracy. The study of bureaucracy is the analysis of how administrative agencies. function as organizations within a governmental system.
in its ideal form bureaucracy is impersonal and rational and based on rules rather than ties of kinship friendship or patrimonial or charismatic authority bureaucratic organization can be found in both public and private institutions