Bureaucracy - a Useless Abstraction

R. Brenner

Cahiers de recherche from Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques

Abstract: I Suggest in This Paper Both to Drop the Terms "Bureaucracy", "Bureaucratic Conduct" As Analytical Concepts, and to Avoid Writing Models Upon Models Around These Words, Models That Are Not Anchored in Facts. Instead, the Suggestion Made Is to Concentrate on the Facts and Try to Explain Why We Observe Among Government Employees Rigid, Conservative Behavior Sometimes (As Tullock Has Pointed Out), But Innovative and Agressive Ones At Other Times (As Breton, Wintrobe, Niskanen and Others Have Suggested), Or Why Did Some Great Historical Changes Happen (A Question Weber Tried to Deal with When Using the Word "Bureaucracy"). Special Attention Is Paid to the Fact That Much Confusion in Discussions on "Bureaucracy" Are Due to the Fact That the Notion of "Entrepreneurship", Used in These Discussions, Has Never Been Precisely Defined. the Notion of "Entrepreneurship", As Well As That of "Competition", Will Be Linked with the Traditional Distinction Made in the Literature on Bureaucracy Between "Ruels" and "Discretion".

Keywords: Bureaucracy; Information; Entreeneurs; In Novations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24P pages
Date: 1987
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