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Debate #322 · Governance, civil service and public policy

Do institutions serve society or the interests of the powerful?

Asked 2 times · 2 years · Sociology
This debate All debatesAsked beforeQuestions (2)PositionsSame themeIs Pakistan's bureaucracy a colonial steel frame or an agent of development?Is Pakistan's governance crisis rooted in weak institutions or in politics?Has Weber's bureaucratic model outlived its usefulness for modern public administration?
+2 moreCan performance-based HRM replace seniority and patronage in Pakistan's civil service?Does citizen and civil society participation improve policymaking in Pakistan?

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Examiners want: Functionalist versus conflict views of institutions, with Pakistani examples of positive functions and elite capture

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CCE Sindh · Sociology · Define

What is the role of institutions in society – do they perform positive functions, or simply work in the interests of the powerful and against the powerless.

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CCE Sindh · Sociology · Discuss

What is the rule of institutions in society? Do they perform positive functions, or simply work in the interests of the powerful and against the powerless? Discuss it with reference to Pakistan.

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