in germany,this is the case for all juridical and,increasingly,for all administrative officials.
within the bureaucracy,therefore,the measure of "independence",legally guaranteed by tenure,is not always a source of increased status for the official whose position is thus secured. indeed,often the reverse holds,especially in old cultures and communities that are highly differentiated. in such communities,the stricter the subordination under the arbitrary rule of the master,the more it guarantees the maintenance of the conventional seigneurial style of living for the official.