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  2. Bureaucracy - Wikipedia

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    Twiss argued that Trotsky's theory of Soviet bureaucracy was essential for a study of Soviet history and understanding the process of capitalist restoration in Russia and Eastern Europe. Political scientist, Baruch Knei-Paz argued Trotsky had, above all others, written "to show the historical and social roots of Stalinism" as a bureaucratic system.

  3. The Culture of the New Capitalism - Wikipedia

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    Capitalism's need for potential is increasingly reflected in the education system. SATs favour superficial and adaptive reasoning rather than deeper introspection on the meaning of things. Finally, comparisons are made between branding and politics. Products such as cars are physically very similar, but branding creates differences on minor ...

  4. Max Weber - Wikipedia

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    Bureaucracy was less likely to be found among elected officials. [247] Furthermore, Bureaucracy's treatment of all people without regard for individuals suited capitalism well. [249] It was also a requirement for both modern capitalism and modern socialism to exist. [250] This depersonalisation related to its increased efficiency.

  5. Iron cage - Wikipedia

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    This is the present-day iron cage of institutionalized capitalism. Weber presents his argument in an ironic form. Religion of a particular sort was necessary to revolutionize the economy and the world. A Protestant ethic drove the reorganization of traditional economic life to become a calculating efficient system.

  6. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    To define the system in practice, liberal democracies often draw upon a constitution, either formally written or uncodified, to delineate the powers of government and enshrine the social contract. After a period of sustained expansion throughout the 20th century, liberal democracy became the predominant political system in the world.

  7. Three-component theory of stratification - Wikipedia

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    In capitalist society movement between classes is a possibility. Hence the use of the term "The American Dream" to show the ability of people to ascend to a higher class through hard work and ingenuity. "Class composition is forever changing, to the point where there may be a completely new set of families".

  8. Bureaucrat - Wikipedia

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    A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can compose the administration of any organization of any size, although the term usually connotes someone within an institution of government. The term bureaucrat derives from "bureaucracy", which in turn derives from the French "bureaucratie" first known from the 18th century. [1]

  9. Political economy in anthropology - Wikipedia

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    The second area was concerned with the vast majority of the world's population at the time, the peasantry, many of whom were involved in complex revolutionary wars such as in Vietnam. The third area was on colonialism, imperialism, and the creation of the capitalist world-system. [1]