Bureaucracy and Democracy are antithetical. Bureaucracy is hierarchical, elitist, specializing and informed while democracy is communal, pluralist, generalizing and ill informed. Keeping in mind the quantum of expectations in Pakistan and the reality of the civic culture discuss the above statement.

Discuss · 20 marks · 30 min

About 1200 words. The examiner marks against these:

• ☐ Pakistan link

Debate: Are bureaucracy and democracy antithetical in Pakistan?