The Colonial civil administration in the 19th century The case of the Indian Civil Service
Abstract
The present article studies the Indian Civil Service (ICS), the main instrument in the civil administration of colonial India, and its officials. More specifically, it analyzes the organizational structure of the ICS and the ways of entering the service, while, at the same time, attempts to outline the mentality and perceptions of the European functionaries towards the local populations that they were expected to administer. Finally, recognizing the significance of the theory of bureaucracy, as it was formulated by the German sociologist Max Weber, this study compares the officials of the ICS to the ideal type of personnel found in the Weberian bureaucratic model to ascertain their similarities and differences.
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Bouris, C. (2025). The Colonial civil administration in the 19th century: The case of the Indian Civil Service. Mnimon, 40, 37–59. https://doi.org/10.12681/mnimon.39700
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