Study sets matching "bureaucracy political science"
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The Bureaucracy
bureaucracy
Executive Departments
Independent Executive Agencies
the part of the executive branch that is responsible for imple…
a large, complex administration organization that is structure…
(ex. The Department of Education)... there are 15 executive depar…
(ex. CIA)... have a single function... they are not located within a…
The Bureaucracy
the part of the executive branch that is responsible for imple…
bureaucracy
a large, complex administration organization that is structure…
Bureaucracy
Department
Devolution
Federal Reserve System
The complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles…
The largest subunit of the executive branch. The secretaries o…
A policy to remove a program from one level of government by d…
A system of 12 federal Reserve banks that facilitates exchange…
Bureaucracy
The complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles…
Department
The largest subunit of the executive branch. The secretaries o…
bureaucracy
cabinet department
line organization
independent executive agency
a larger organization that is structured hierarchically to car…
one of the fifteen major departments of the executive branch
in the federal government, an administrative unit that is dire…
a federal agency that is not part of a cabinet department but…
bureaucracy
a larger organization that is structured hierarchically to car…
cabinet department
one of the fifteen major departments of the executive branch
Bureaucracy
Implementation
Cabinet Departments
Government Corporations
refers to organizations that are set up to be rational and spe…
putting policies into practice
different departments headed by secretaries. ... Ex: Agriculture,…
Corporations not actually under the government. They work like…
Bureaucracy
refers to organizations that are set up to be rational and spe…
Implementation
putting policies into practice
1. We look to the government to make po…
Clinton
Only elites were involved in political…
Pendleton Act (1883)
Two ways we look at burreacracy different in regards to colleg…
Who reduced bureaucratic size?
Why was bureacuracy small at first?
What established the merit system?
1. We look to the government to make po…
Two ways we look at burreacracy different in regards to colleg…
Clinton
Who reduced bureaucratic size?
the bureaucracy is part of the executiv…
today the federal government is involve…
the federal bureaucracy and private bus…
the federal bureaucracy and private bus…
-it writes regulations... -it investigates violations ... -it decide…
-federal agencies passed 80,000 pages of regulations just in 2…
-not for profit... -don't face competition ... -slower feedback thro…
-for profit... -face competition... -immediate feedback through free…
the bureaucracy is part of the executiv…
-it writes regulations... -it investigates violations ... -it decide…
today the federal government is involve…
-federal agencies passed 80,000 pages of regulations just in 2…
Patronage
Spoils System
Civil Service
Hatch Act 1939
Jobs contracts or favors granted by politicians. Used to win e…
Hiring based on party loyalty/support. Voting rights expand le…
Gov't employees chosen based on education, performance and exp…
Prohibits civil servants from engaging in partisan political a…
Patronage
Jobs contracts or favors granted by politicians. Used to win e…
Spoils System
Hiring based on party loyalty/support. Voting rights expand le…
Define Bureaucracy
Purpose of Bureaucracy
Cabinet Departments
Government Corporations
The complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles…
Efficiency... division of labor & specialization... Equitable Impl…
One of the major subdivisions of the federal government, repre…
Government agencies that operate more like a business and prov…
Define Bureaucracy
The complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles…
Purpose of Bureaucracy
Efficiency... division of labor & specialization... Equitable Impl…
Bureaucracy
Rotation of Office
Spoils System (Patronage System)
Andrew Jackson and the bureaucracy
A complex structure of offices, tasks, and rules in which empl…
The practice of citizens serving in public office for a limite…
A system in which newly elected officeholders award government…
Advocated rotation in office. Wanted to democratize public adm…
Bureaucracy
A complex structure of offices, tasks, and rules in which empl…
Rotation of Office
The practice of citizens serving in public office for a limite…
Appropriation law
Authorization law
Bureaucracy
Bureaucratic structure
A law that gives bureaucracies and other governmental entities…
A law that provides the plan of action to address a given soci…
The collection of all national executive branch organizations.
A large organization with the following features; a division o…
Appropriation law
A law that gives bureaucracies and other governmental entities…
Authorization law
A law that provides the plan of action to address a given soci…
Bureaucracy
hierarchical authority
benefits of hierarchical authority
job specialization
a system of organization and control that is based on hierarch…
refers to a chain of command by which the officials and units…
speeds up conflicts and decision making
refers to explicitly defined duties for each job position and…
Bureaucracy
a system of organization and control that is based on hierarch…
hierarchical authority
refers to a chain of command by which the officials and units…
Bureaucracy
Implementation
Merit System
Department
The complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles…
The efforts of departments and agencies to translate laws into…
A product of civil service reform, in which appointees to posi…
The largest subunit of the executive branch... - The secretaries…
Bureaucracy
The complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles…
Implementation
The efforts of departments and agencies to translate laws into…
Independent Agencies
Independent regulatory boards and commi…
Regulation
Deregulation
government organizations independent of the departments but wi…
government organizations that regulate various businesses, ind…
limitations and restrictions on the activities of a business o…
remove regulations or restrictions on something
Independent Agencies
government organizations independent of the departments but wi…
Independent regulatory boards and commi…
government organizations that regulate various businesses, ind…
bureaucracy
bureaucrats
departments
independent agencies
A large, complex organization in which employees have specific…
Employee of a bureaucracy, who are usually quite knowledgeable…
biggest units of the executive branch. The heads of the 15 dep…
executive agencies that are not part of a cabinet department (…
bureaucracy
A large, complex organization in which employees have specific…
bureaucrats
Employee of a bureaucracy, who are usually quite knowledgeable…
What are some of the factors that led (…
In short, general terms, what is a bure…
How were government jobs distributed be…
Spoils System
War (bureaucracy always grows with new military efforts), Mora…
A body of non-elected government officials and/or an administr…
By using the spoils system. Reformers challenged this system a…
the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are f…
What are some of the factors that led (…
War (bureaucracy always grows with new military efforts), Mora…
In short, general terms, what is a bure…
A body of non-elected government officials and/or an administr…
The consumer financial protection Burea…
What is a major criticism of the Consum…
Cabinet-level secretaries are nominated…
The most recent executive branch depart…
Receive and investigate complaints from consumers, and enforce…
Its mission is too broadly defined and not subject to appropri…
President; senate
Homeland security
The consumer financial protection Burea…
Receive and investigate complaints from consumers, and enforce…
What is a major criticism of the Consum…
Its mission is too broadly defined and not subject to appropri…
Bureaucracy
3 levels of gov't admin
Civil Servant
Political Appointees
- organizations, agencies, and departments responsible for car…
federal, state, local (federalism)
members or employees of the bureaucracy... Hired on merit princip…
- Victor goes the spoils... - position filled towards top of the…
Bureaucracy
- organizations, agencies, and departments responsible for car…
3 levels of gov't admin
federal, state, local (federalism)
Bureaucracy
Police Patrols
Fire Alarm
Administrative Procedure Act of 1946
- consistent set of abstract rules for what is to be done and…
- investigations, monitoring... - make sure nothing goes wrong
- allow people to raise concern when there are issues
- bureaucratic issuing of regulations... - announcement, data dis…
Bureaucracy
- consistent set of abstract rules for what is to be done and…
Police Patrols
- investigations, monitoring... - make sure nothing goes wrong
Sources of U.S. Federal Law (3)
Statutory law
Regulatory process (2)
What percent of laws come from the regu…
Constitution, Statutory law, Regulatory process (executive bra…
how a bill becomes a law (via legislative process)
Congress and president passes statutory law, and Executive age…
90%
Sources of U.S. Federal Law (3)
Constitution, Statutory law, Regulatory process (executive bra…
Statutory law
how a bill becomes a law (via legislative process)
Acquire power through:... Constitution
Acquire power through:... Bargaining
Acquire power through:... Public Opinion
Acquire power through:... Bureaucracy
Ambiguity built into the Constitution regarding President's jo…
The power to persuade is the power to bargain
Public opinion is a resource available to the President... Going…
Delegation principles... -Ally... --Same preferences... -Uncertainty... --…
Acquire power through:... Constitution
Ambiguity built into the Constitution regarding President's jo…
Acquire power through:... Bargaining
The power to persuade is the power to bargain
Your course video states that the power…
Which article of the United States Cons…
According to your text, the "spoils sys…
Which of the following is an example of…
It is extremely difficult to obtain the 2/3 majority vote of b…
Article II
All the above:... -involved the use of government resources to re…
President Roosevelt's establishment of 'exclusion zones' and s…
Your course video states that the power…
It is extremely difficult to obtain the 2/3 majority vote of b…
Which article of the United States Cons…
Article II
Purpose of bureaucracy
Note: Congress often creates a broad ma…
Why is the bureaucracy dysfunctional so…
Monitoring of bureaucracy by Congress?
Implements executive orders of the president and laws enacted…
Regulators have to define how to best address something + spec…
-Different goals: public v. private entity (transparency v. ef…
Oversight
Purpose of bureaucracy
Implements executive orders of the president and laws enacted…
Note: Congress often creates a broad ma…
Regulators have to define how to best address something + spec…
hierarchical authority
job specialization
formalized rules
cabinet (executive) departments
a chain of command whereby the officials and units at the top…
explicitly defined duties for each job position and to a preci…
the established procedures and regulations by which a bureaucr…
the leading administrative units
hierarchical authority
a chain of command whereby the officials and units at the top…
job specialization
explicitly defined duties for each job position and to a preci…