Max Weber feared that bureaucracy would spread into all areas of life where it would create a dehumanizing environment. He used the term ____ for this dangerous consequence of bureaucracy

a. oligarchy
b. the iron cage of rationality
c. Parkinson's law
d. Murphy's law
e. the Peter Principle


B

Sociology

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c. engagement. d. exchange.

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a. social networks of the homeless. b. the hopelessness and despair in poverty subcultures. c. deprivation compared to someone else’s success. d. norms condoning thievery among the street people.

Sociology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

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Sociology