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Bureaucracy
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A system of administration wherein there is a specialization of functions, objective qualifications for office, action according to the adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy of authority and delegated power.

Organizations such as the armed forces or administrative agencies are common examples of bureaucracies.

BUREAUCRACY. The abuse of official influence in the affairs of government; corruption. This word has lately been adopted to signify that those persons who are employed in bureaus abuse their authority by intrigue to promote their own benefit, or that of friends, rather than the public good. The word is derived from the French.
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At the same time increasing bureaucratisation has seen the typological model for the city hall develop; from a single large public room built over an arcaded market at the heart of the town -- like the Palazzo del Broletto in Como -- to an elaborate complex of private offices.
Civic sensibility. (the new City Hall building in Kitchener, Ontario, ... by Carter, Brian / The Architectural Review
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