The idea of a rational bureaucracy, of skill, merit, and consistency, is essential to all modern states.
Bernard Crick (1993). “In Defense of Politics”, p.143, University of Chicago Press
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The idea of a rational bureaucracy, of skill, merit, and consistency, is essential to all modern states.