Sorry Lumen, I object vehemently to the attempt to associate oppressive bureaucracy as an inherent component of socialism. That notion arises entirely from the Soviet system that centralized virtually all modes of production; and even then, fairness requires comparing that bureaucracy to the enormous corporate income tax bureaucracy in capitalism (both in government and industry) which the soviets did not have.

There are other ways to socialize production (without the stupidity of soviet centralization) that require no more bureaucracy that in capitalism--a government can be the sole shareholder in an airline or railway or steel plant, and just receive dividends, for instance. 

More importantly, the elements of social economy being considered these days are not the means of production, but rather the provision of social services.

More or less bureaucracy is, I suggest, ultimately a function of government rather than economic system. There is more than one way to skin a cat.