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an informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.

protectionism fosters competition and keeps price regulated is not an argument in favor of protectionism.

answer; early greeks were econimically stagnant and cut off from other near eastern civilizations;