Political Science · Public Administration
Which term is Not related to Weber's bureaucratic theory?
ALegal-rational authority
BAscriptive status ✓ Correct
CImpersonality
DHierarchy
Correct answer: (B) Ascriptive status — Ascriptive status is not related to Weber's bureaucratic theory.
Explanation
★Ascriptive status is not related to Weber's bureaucratic theory.
★Ascriptive status means social standing fixed by birth, such as family, caste or religion.
★Weber's bureaucracy rests on rationalism and the modern principle of achievement, not ascription.
★Offices are filled by merit, qualifications and selection, not by birth.
★Legal-rational authority is the very basis of Weber's bureaucracy.
★Impersonality and hierarchy are core features of his ideal-type bureaucracy.
★So ascriptive status stands against the rational, merit-based spirit of Weberian bureaucracy.
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