office is filled by a free contractual relationship or free selection. Candidates are selected on the basis of technical qualification. They are remunerated by fixed salaries in money for the most part, with a right to pensions. The office is treated as the sole, or at least primary, occupation of incumbent. It constitutes a career. Promotions are dependent on the judgement of superiors. The official works entirely separated from ownership of the means of administration and without appropriation of his/her position. He is subject to strict and systematic discipline and control in the conduct of the office. See also Power (social and political) References Further reading External links http://oyc.yale.edu/sociology/socy-151/lecture-20 http://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/sociology-comprehensive-edition/s17-01-power-and-authority.html http://opinion.inquirer.net/85293/max-webers-3-types-of-authority http://davidboje.com/horsesense/psl/pages/bureaucracydefined2.html http://atheism.about.com/od/religiousauthority/a/types_4.htm Max Weber Sociology of law Sociological terminology Authority Management theory