Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET January 2025 Political Science
Who asserted bureaucracy as an exploitative class instrument?
AFrederick Herzberg
BKarl Marx ✓ Correct
CB. R. Ambedkar
DFred Riggs
Correct answer: (B) Karl Marx — The thinker who asserted that bureaucracy is an exploitative class instrument is Karl Marx.
Explanation
★The thinker who asserted that bureaucracy is an exploitative class instrument is Karl Marx.
★For Marx the state and its bureaucracy are not neutral but serve the interests of the dominant economic class.
★The bureaucracy administers and protects the property relations of the ruling bourgeoisie.
★Far from embodying the universal interest, it is an instrument of class rule and exploitation.
★This view follows from his theory that the state is the executive committee of the bourgeoisie.
★Herzberg and Fred Riggs studied bureaucracy from managerial and comparative-administration angles, not this class view.
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