Which of the following is not a characteristic of "bureaucracy" according to Weber?
Bureaucracies only require a small part of the working capacity of their officials
For Max Weber, "action" is defined as ____.
Behavior that has a subjective meaning attached to it
For Marx, the "means of production" consist of ____.
Things needed for production such as machinery and raw materials
Which of the items below is the best example of a present-day bureaucracy?
The U.S. Social Service Administration
A shoe-making factory worker who is unable to afford the shoes they make at work is an example of the worker being alienated from ____.
The product of their activity
What name did Marx give to the class that works for wages but does not own the means of production in modern capitalism?
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a "commodity" as examined by Marx?
It is a kind of product that only existed in ancient societies
Which class, according to Marx and Engels, controls the means of production in modern capitalism, and is therefore the ruling class in modern society?
Which of the following most accurately characterizes Marx's concept of "Ideology"?
Systems of ideas that are determined by material conditions of existence
Which of the following correctly characterizes Weber's notion of "the routinization of charisma"?
Charisma becomes institutionalized into new traditions or rules over time
Weber argues that education is increasingly concerned with standardized exams and diplomas instead of the personal cultivation of students. According to Weber, this change in education results from the increasing influence of what kind of organization?
What concept is defined by Weber as "the chance that a person or group of people will be able to realize their own will against resistance of others involved in the same action"?
What does Weber define as "the science concerned with the interpretive understanding of social action"?
"Ideal type" is best described as ____.
A hypothetical construction against which reality can be compared
According to Weber, the primary advantage that a bureaucracy has over other forms of social organization is that ____.
Bureaucracy is technically efficient on a massive scale