📚 Topic: Bureaucratic Attitude vs. Democratic Attitude
📖 Meaning : A Bureaucratic Attitude is characterized by a focus on rules, procedures, and hierarchy. It emphasizes formal structures and clear lines of authority.
Its features include rule-orientation, impersonal decision-making, emphasis on stability and consistency of organisation, and somewhat conservative nature.
A Democratic Attitude is characterised by participation, inclusivity, and responsiveness. It seeks to involve citizens in decision-making processes and values their opinions.
Its features include participatory nature, transparency, flexibility, and empathy.
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✏️ Examples :
1️⃣ Democratic Attitude: Vijay S.D. as Collector of Nashik launched the "Maharashtra Ghar Ghar Ration" initiative, which involved consultations with beneficiaries to ensure the scheme met their needs.
2️⃣ Bureaucratic Attitude : A 68 year old divyang woman in Orissa had to crawl for 30 km to a bank to withdraw her pension money. This shows the bureaucratic attitude of officials, who did not consider extraordinary the circumstances of the lady.
💬 Key Quotes :
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." James Madison
👉 PYQs where the topic can be applied :
1️⃣ Mindless addiction to form, ignoring the substance of the matter, results in rendering of injustice. A perceptive civil servant is one who ignores such literalness and carries out true intent". Examine the above statement with suitable illustrations. (2024)
2️⃣ Two different kinds of attitudes exhibited by public servants towards their work have been identified as bureaucratic attitude and the democratic attitude. (a) Distinguish between these two terms and write their merits and demerits. (b) Is it possible to balance the two to create a better administration for the faster development of our country? (2015)
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