Which one of the following types of bureaucracy is found in the colonial rule?

De'Gournay created the term bureaucracy.

Key Points

• Bureaucracy has universalistic criteria such as Division of labour, hierarchy, unity of command, task specialisation, merit-based staffing and promotion, rules and regulations, formal communication systems etc. 
• The colonial bureaucracy mostly served maintenance responsibilities, such as maintaining law and order, collecting taxes and revenue, and so on. 
• Colonial bureaucracy is also known as Ruling bureaucracy.
• The colonial administration suppressed the independence movement on several occasions. 
• The concept of developmental administration was not well understood at the time.
• The bureaucracy was fundamentally a policing/tax-collecting mechanism, far from being a citizen-friendly administration.
• Colonial bureaucracy has performed the Ruling of the masses.

Thus, the Ruling bureaucracy type of bureaucracy is found in colonial rule.

Additional Information

•  Morstein Marx divides bureaucracy into four types:
  • Guardian Bureaucracy
  • Caste bureaucracy
  • Patronage bureaucracy
  • Merit bureaucracy