Max Weber's Vision for Bureaucracy A Casualty of World War I
This volume examines Max Weber’s pre-World War I thinking about bureaucracy. It suggests that Weber’s vision shares common components with the highly efficient Prussian General Staff military bureaucracy developed by Clausewitz and Helmuth von Moltke. Web
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MAX WEBER’S VISION FOR BUREAUCRACY A CASUALTY OF WORLD WAR I
Max Weber’s Vision for Bureaucracy
Glynn Cochrane
Max Weber’s Vision for Bureaucracy A Casualty of World War I
Glynn Cochrane School of Social Science University of Queensland St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-62288-0 ISBN 978-3-319-62289-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-62289-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017947194 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Steve Speller / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To Alison, whose care, advice and assistance made the completion of the work possible.
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Acknowledgments
Peter Worsley, my Oxford D.Phil examiner, was highly supportive of the idea that there was a connection between Weber and the Prussian military; my Maxwell School colleague Dwight Waldo provided useful insights into organization theory; Raymond Firth, who was a friend and mentor for many years, encouraged me to keep looking at the human and cultural dimensions of large complex organizations; Pauline Atherton Cochrane helped by passing on to me my original draft which I had worked on while living in Sri Lanka; Natascia Lillywhite updated the text.
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Contents
1 Introduction 1 2 Von Moltke’s Staff Bureaucracy 23 3 Risk and Scientific Expertise 49 4 Weber’s Post-Versailles Bureaucracy 65 5 German Attitudes Toward Public Service 87 6 Prussian Lessons in Public Health 103 7 Bureaucracy and Society 117 Appendix A 139 Appendix B 143 Appendix C 151
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Appendix D 163 Bibliography 165 Index 187
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