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- Will hold value for scholars and students across a range of fields including sociology, anthropology, political science, public administration, and business
- Traces the cultural roots of Max Weber's conceptualization of bureaucracy, presenting historically rich detail
- Provides an unusual perspective/lens through which to examine Max Weber's concept of bureaucracy
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Keywords
- Prussian military
- Weber’s Ideal-Type
- Max Weber
- Prussian General Staff
- Civil Service
- military bureaucracy
- Prussian Great General Staff
- Versailles peace negotiations
- Industrial Revolution
- Officer training
- War Academy
- Tropical disease control
- organizational innovations
- Prussian military bureaucracy
- public health organizations
- specialization
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Book Title: Max Weber's Vision for Bureaucracy
Book Subtitle: A Casualty of World War I
Authors: Glynn Cochrane
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62289-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62288-0Published: 24 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87281-0Published: 07 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62289-7Published: 11 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 194
Topics: Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Public Administration, Social Theory, History of Military