We must remember the fact which we have encountered several times and which we shall have to discuss repeatedly: that "democracy" as such is opposed to the "rule" of bureaucracy, in spite and perhaps because of its unavoidable yet unintended promotion of bureaucratization."-Max Weber, Economy and Society, 991. 10 Weber argues that legitimate authority can be based in three main sources: "a system of consciously made rational rules," "personal authority," or "tradition." Weber, Economy and Society, 954. 11 Sunstein has taught at University of Chicago and Harvard Law Schools, and is currently the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 12 Cass Sunstein, The Partial Constitution, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press), 164. 13 This understanding rejects the notion that political pluralism, where decisions reflect the relative power of those seeking to influence, should characterize outcomes.
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