Political Science · Public Administration
Which pair is correctly matched (phrase on bureaucracy and thinker)?
- 1. Bureaucracy as the State's consciousness: Karl Marx
- 2. Bureaucracy as the continental nuisance: Ramsay Muir
- 3. Bureaucracy is the price of parliamentary democracy: Herbert Morrison
- 4. Bureaucracy thrives under the cloak of ministerial responsibility: Thomas Carlyle
A1 and 2
B1 and 3 ✓ Correct
C2 and 4
D1 and 4
Correct answer: (B) 1 and 3 — Pairs 1 and 3 are correctly matched, so the answer is 1 and 3.
Explanation
★Pairs 1 and 3 are correctly matched, so the answer is 1 and 3.
★Karl Marx described the bureaucracy as the consciousness of the state in his critique of Hegel.
★Herbert Morrison said that bureaucracy is the price we pay for parliamentary democracy.
★Pair 2 is wrong, because the phrase continental nuisance belongs to Thomas Carlyle, not Ramsay Muir.
★Pair 4 is wrong, because the cloak of ministerial responsibility remark belongs to Ramsay Muir, not Carlyle.
★So the attributions of Carlyle and Ramsay Muir have simply been swapped.
★These quips capture both critical and defensive views of bureaucracy.
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