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Concern with bureaucracy is of long standing in modern sociological literature. It can be traced on the one hand to Ferguson’s theories of Oriental Despotism, which stressed the special character of ofhcialdom as an instrument of oppression in Oriental states. On the other hand, this concern can be found in the writings of
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