Peter michael blau february 7, 1918 march 12, 2002 was an american sociologist and theorist. Buy bureaucracy in modern society 1st edition by peter m. This revision of a classic study teaches important lessons about what often seems to be the paradoxical role of bureaucracy in contemporary society. Biographic memoirs volume 85 contains the biographies of deceased members of. Bureaucracy in modern society 1987 edition open library.
Buy bureaucracy in modern society by peter blau isbn. Bureaucracy in modern society 9780394362144 by peter m. Bureaucracy in modern society by peter michael blau, 1987, random house edition, in english 3rd ed. Bureaucracy in modern society by peter michael blau goodreads. This third edition contains a new chapter on bureaucratic dysfunctions and updated,expanded coverage of environments and organizations and bureaucratic rigidity. Weber asserted that the bureauc ratic organisation obtained power in virtue of the decrease of the economical and social differences.
Born in vienna, austria, he immigrated to the united states in 1939. Peter blau has been at the university of chicago since 1953. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months. He is presently the director of the comparative organization research program under a national science foundation grant. He completed his phd doctoral thesis with robert k. Its efficiency is a function of the environment in which it operates. Page random house new york wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Peter michael blau, bureaucracy in modern society, 2nd edition. After his graduation from columbia in 1952, peter served briefly on the faculties of wayne state and cornell universities before moving to the university of chicago, where he remained until 1970.
Semantic scholar extracted view of bureaucracy in modern society by peter michael blau et al. Hage, theories of organizations, wiley interscience, new. He also taught as pitt professor at cambridge university in great britain, as a senior fellow at kings college. The resulting study, the dynamics of bureaucracy blau, 1955, is rightly regarded as a sociological classic merton, 1990. He continued to advance his macrostructural theory of society well beyond his formal retirement, submitting. Bureaucracy in modern society by peter michael blau. The modern state depends on a bureaucratic basis, but once established. Bureaucracy in modern society random house studies in sociology by blau, peter michael and a great selection of related books, art and.
Historically, max weber is the most important exponent of bureaucracy. Meyer and a great selection of similar new, used and. Bureaucracy is indispensable in any state and very important in the democratic regimes. Merton at columbia university in 1952, laying an early theory for the dynamics of bureaucracy. Pdf bureaucracy in modern society semantic scholar. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The next year, he was offered a professorship at the university of chicago, where he taught from 1953 to 1970. For blau, modern society was characterized by the fact that they were. Blau the type of organization designed to accomplish largescale administrative tasks by systematically coordinating the work of many individuals is called a bureaucracy. To include a comma in your tag, surround the tag with double quotes. Article information, pdf download for the works of peter m.
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