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Max Weber intended his "ideal type" of bureaucracy as an_______________?

Correct answer: B. idealized or exaggerated model of rational administration

  • A. accurate description of existing bureaucracies
  • B. idealized or exaggerated model of rational administration
  • C. explanation of elite domination
  • D. obviously false portrait of democratic administration

Explanation

Weber's ideal type was an analytical model that emphasized rational administration and need not have existed exactly in reality. It was not intended as a literal description of every bureaucracy or as a theory of elite domination.

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