General Studies · Comparative Public Administration
In the study of administrative systems within developing nations, which of the following characteristics specifically identifies a Ruling Bureaucracy as it exists under conditions of colonial rule?
- 1The concentration of both political and administrative decision-making power in the hands of bureaucrats who serve as the de-facto ruling element.✓
- 2The penetration and control of the state administrative structure by a party bureaucracy within a totalitarian or one-party dominated system.
- 3The functioning of the bureaucracy as a personal instrument used by an autocratic ruler to impose his specific purposes on the ruled population.
- 4The responsiveness of the administrative machinery to political forces that command the support of the electorate in a competitive process.
Correct answer
The concentration of both political and administrative decision-making power in the hands of bureaucrats who serve as the de-facto ruling element.
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