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Max Weber argued that the rationalization of society is central to understanding the making of the modern world. To analyze this theme, answer all of the below questions in your main post.

Question a. What did Weber mean by the rationalization of society?

Question b. What role did the rationalization process play in the shaping of the modern world Weber was observing and theorizing about?

Question c. Why was Weber concerned about the rationalization of society?

Question d. Using your current or a former workplace OR a government agency (e.g., DMV, IRS, Social Security, Homeland Security) OR another bureaucratic institution (e.g., bank, health insurance company), discuss how the bureaucratic authority Weber describes solved a problem for you rationally, speedily, and efficiently.

Question e. Using your current or a former workplace OR a government agency OR another bureaucratic institution, give ONE example of how bureaucratic impersonality and bureaucracy's "steel hard cage" * made solving a problem you had difficult and frustrating. If you don't want to use yourself as an example, you may use the example of another individual you know (e.g., friend, family member, co-worker).

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