Likewise, the bill proposes a more hierarchical structure for prosecutors.

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Evangelical Protestant churches, which have a less hierarchical structure and appeal more directly to poor people, have been making great inroads not only in Argentina but in many other countries in the region.

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So, to cut to the logical chase, what you have is a many-to-many mapping with a hierarchical (family tree) structure.

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In a nutshell, the problems were efficiency and scale, and the solution was bureaucracy, with its hierarchical structure, cascading goals, precise role definitions, and elaborate rules and procedures.

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