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The Malayan Bureaucracy and its Occupational Communities: a Comment on James de Vere Allen's ‘Malayan Civil Service 1874–1941’

Gayl D. Ness

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Few sociologists would quarrel with Dr. Allen's use of the term bureaucracy in his analysis of the Malayan colonial government. Nor could one argue that he has failed to come to grips with certain central sociological issues in the analysis of bureaucracies. On the contrary, Dr. Allen has given us an excellent case study that illuminates some of the dynamics of the bureaucratic processes.

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Key concepts: Bureaucracy, Civil service, Government (linguistics), Service (business), Political science, Public administration, Sociology, Law