Editing Social Institutions (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Analyzing</span> ==
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|+ Characteristics of a Bureaucracy (Max Weber)
! Feature !! Purpose !! Potential Downside
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| Hierarchy of Authority || Clear chain of command || "Red Tape" and slow decisions
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| Division of Labor || Efficiency through specialization || Boredom / Alienation of workers
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| Written Rules || Consistency and fairness || Rigidity (Inability to handle unique cases)
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| Impersonality || Avoiding favoritism || Feeling like 'just a number'
|}

'''Total Institutions''': Erving Goffman coined this term for institutions like prisons, mental hospitals, or military barracks where every aspect of life is controlled by a single authority. In these places, the institution's primary goal is "Resocialization"—breaking down a person's old identity and building a new one to fit the institution's needs.
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