Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET December 2015 Political Science
Who among the following coined the term 'representative bureaucracy'?
ADonald Kingsley ✓ Correct
BPeter Blau
CMax Weber
DMartin Albrow
Correct answer: (A) Donald Kingsley — Donald Kingsley coined the term 'representative bureaucracy', so the answer is Donald Kingsley.
Explanation
★Donald Kingsley coined the term 'representative bureaucracy', so the answer is Donald Kingsley.
★He introduced it in his 1944 work 'Representative Bureaucracy', studying the British civil service.
★His argument was that a bureaucracy should mirror the social composition of the society it serves.
★A bureaucracy drawn from all classes, he held, would better understand and represent the interests of every section of the people.
★The idea later grew into passive representation (matching social background) and active representation (acting for those groups' interests).
★Peter Blau is wrong; he is known for studies of formal organisations and exchange theory, not this term.
★Max Weber is wrong as the theorist of rational-legal bureaucracy, and Martin Albrow is wrong as the author of the survey 'Bureaucracy'.
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