A Security and a Bureaucracy. According to Max Weber, Bureaucratic Organization as a Perfect Organization – The “Army Of Peace”, and Bureaucratic Organization Dysfunction by Robert King Merton – “Army Involved in Abroad Missions” Cover Image

Bezpieczeństwo a biurokracja. Organizacja biurokratyczna jako organizacja idealna wg Maxa Webbera, czyli „armia pokoju” oraz dysfunkcje organizacji biurokratycznej wg Roberta Kinga Mertona, czyli „armia misyjna”
A Security and a Bureaucracy. According to Max Weber, Bureaucratic Organization as a Perfect Organization – The “Army Of Peace”, and Bureaucratic Organization Dysfunction by Robert King Merton – “Army Involved in Abroad Missions”

Author(s): Adam Świętochowski, Joanna Kuźba
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Political economy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
Keywords: security; bureaucracy; army; missions; Weber; Merton;

Summary/Abstract: In the article, on the grounds of a perfect type of bureaucracy by Max Weber, is represented description of the bureaucratic organization and list of features connected with military organization in peacetime. In the following sections, dysfunctions of bureaucratic organization based on Robert Merton’s view, were presented and compared with military organization realizing assignments outside the country. The aim of this article is to compare two countenances of military organizations in peacetime and time of war during accomplishing tasks outside of the fatherland.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 212-221
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish