Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET December 2018 Political Science
Which one of the following types of bureaucracy is found in the colonial rule?
ARuler-dominated bureaucracy
BRuling bureaucracy ✓ Correct
CCaste bureaucracy
DParty-State bureaucracy
Correct answer: (B) Ruling bureaucracy — A ruling bureaucracy is the type found under colonial rule, so the answer is ruling bureaucracy.
Explanation
★A ruling bureaucracy is the type found under colonial rule, so the answer is ruling bureaucracy.
★It is set up by the government and concentrates power within a small administrative class.
★Because authority is centralised, it can limit individual freedom and operate with little accountability to the governed.
★Colonial administrations relied on such a steel-frame of officials to control territory and extract revenue.
★Ruler-dominated bureaucracy is a less standard label and does not capture this recognised colonial type.
★Caste bureaucracy is wrong because it recruits on hereditary social status, not on colonial governing power.
★Party-State bureaucracy is wrong as it describes single-party regimes where the party fuses with the state apparatus.
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