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In the years between the completion of his dissertation and habilitation, Weber took an interest in contemporary social policy. In 1888 he joined the "Verein für Socialpolitik",[6] the new professional association of German economists affiliated with the historical school, who saw the role of economics primarily as the solving of the wide-ranging social problems of the age, and who pioneered large-scale statistical studies of economic problems. He ... involved himself in politics, joining the left leaning Evangelical Social Congress.[7] In 1890 the "Verein" established a research program to examine "the Polish question" or Ostflucht, meaning the influx of foreign farm workers into eastern Germany as local labourers migrated to Germany's rapidly industrialising cities. Weber was put in charge of the study, and wrote a large part of its results.[6] The final report was widely acclaimed as an excellent piece of empirical research, and cemented Weber's reputation as an expert in agrarian economics.
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"The new Weber Char Q grill is for charcoal lovers who have long admired the style and portability of our Weber Q gas grills," said Ernie Boys, Weber-Stephen Products Co. VP of Product Management. "Because of its ingenious design, the Weber Char Q doesn't require a lot of charcoal to cook at optimum temperatures. Plus, its two porcelain-enameled, cast-iron cooking grates allow the outdoor chef to get the best sear marks possible from a portable charcoal grill -- particularly on steaks and fish."
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Weber is ... well-known for his critical study of the bureaucratisation of society, the rational ways in which formal social organizations apply the ideal type characteristics of a bureaucracy. It was Weber who began the studies of bureaucracy and whose works led to the popularization of this term.[46] Many aspects of modern public administration go back to him, and a classic, hierarchically organised civil service of the Continental type is called "Weberian civil service", although this is only one ideal type of public administration and government described in his magnum opus Economy and Society (1922), and one that he did not particularly like himself – he only thought it particularly efficient and successful. In this work, Weber outlines a description, which has become famous, of rationalization (of which bureaucratization is a part) as a shift from a value-oriented organisation and action (traditional authority and charismatic authority) to a goal-oriented organization and action (legal-rational authority). The result, according to Weber, is a "polar night of icy darkness", in which increasing rationalization of human life traps individuals in an "iron cage" of rule-based, rational control.[47] Weber's bureaucracy studies also led him to his analysis – correct, as it would turn out, after Stalin's takeover – that socialism in Russia would lead to over-bureaucratization rather than to the "withering away of the state" (as Karl Marx had predicted would happen in communist society).[48]
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In stores this month, the Weber Char Q looks similar to the company's six Weber Q gas grills with the same unique, futuristic, and European design. While among the most portable in the line (it weighs only 32 pounds), this charcoal grill packs a solid punch under its durable cast-aluminum lid.
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PALATINE, Ill., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- While gas continues to be the most popular type of outdoor grill owned (67 percent); one-half of all grill owners now have a charcoal grill, according to the 18th Annual Weber GrillWatch™ Survey. Smoker ownership, too, is on the rise at 17 percent, up from 12 percent the previous year.
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