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The Iron Cage

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The iron cage is Weber's image for a society so thoroughly organized by rules and efficiency that its members cannot act outside them.

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Every party to a process can see it produces a bad outcome, and no one holds authority to depart from it.

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The cage is built from reasonable rules, which is what makes it hard to dismantle.

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