<P> Max Weber famously argued that the state is that which controls the monopoly on the legitimate use of force . The military and police carry out enforcement at the request of the government or the courts . The term failed state refers to states that cannot implement or enforce policies; their police and military no longer control security and order and society moves into anarchy, the absence of government . </P> <P> The etymology of "bureaucracy" derives from the French word for "office" (bureau) and the Ancient Greek for word "power" (kratos). Like the military and police, a legal system's government servants and bodies that make up its bureaucracy carry out the directives of the executive . One of the earliest references to the concept was made by Baron de Grimm, a German author who lived in France . In 1765 he wrote, </P> <P> The real spirit of the laws in France is that bureaucracy of which the late Monsieur de Gournay used to complain so greatly; here the offices, clerks, secretaries, inspectors and intendants are not appointed to benefit the public interest, indeed the public interest appears to have been established so that offices might exist . </P> <P> Cynicism over "officialdom" is still common, and the workings of public servants is typically contrasted to private enterprise motivated by profit . In fact private companies, especially large ones, also have bureaucracies . Negative perceptions of "red tape" aside, public services such as schooling, health care, policing or public transport are considered a crucial state function making public bureaucratic action the locus of government power . </P>

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