Every society develops its own solution to the problem of bureaucratic control.
Evidence
A given number of individuals, therefore, can be society to a greater or lesser degree, just as a given number of sounds can be music to a greater or lesser degree. Society as a form presents the ideality of a world awaiting actualization in history. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 51 (
#qualifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: In organizations power generates its own countervailing power.; A set of individuals can be society to varying degrees. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 51; The same society that roots bureaucratic stasis also generates countervailing change tendencies. — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of…, 1365
Related
- Bureaucracy is a stylized model of society’s positional structure (similarity 0.81)
- The same society that roots bureaucratic stasis also generates countervailing change tendencies. (similarity 0.80)
- A set of individuals can be society to varying degrees. (similarity 0.80)
- Totalitarian rule dispenses with the consensus iuris that constitutes a people. (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- In organizations power generates its own countervailing power.
#corroborates(0.82) - A set of individuals can be society to varying degrees.
#qualifies(0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 51