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| Gubernatorial authority established in state statutes or a state constitution; a governor's tenure potential appointment, budget, and veto powers, and party control |
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| A governor's strength stemming from personal attributes or unusual circumstances |
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| rejection of proposed legislation by the chief executive (governor), usually subject to legislative override by a two-thirds majoirty vote of both houses |
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| The power of a governor to reject ertain portions of a legislative appropriations bill without killing the entire bill |
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| pet projects in the budget that will benefit an individual legislator's district but no any others; often vetoed by a governor |
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| in politics a reference to the effect that a party's leader may have on voting for that party's candidate for other offices |
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| Candidate Centered Election |
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| Refers to an election primarily focusing on the personal qualities of the candidates |
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| those affecting a voter's wallet; economic issues |
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| the length of time an elected official can serve in office |
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| authority to choose officials to head agencies, sit on various boards and commission |
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| authoirty to force an official to step down from his or her position |
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| Governors must provide a clear-cut statement of charges and an opportunity for an open hearing to the employee they are trying to oust |
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| Removing an official by a legislative act which abolishes the office or agency the official heads and replaces it with another |
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| initiating major statewide legislative programs; prioritizing the issues to be discussed |
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| a reputation for getting a high percentage of a governor's recommendations enacted by the legislature |
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| Divided Government (Power Split) |
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| a government in which one party controls the governor's office while another party controls one or both houses of legislature |
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| the power of the legislatures to remove executive and judicial officers from office for the lower house must first vote for impeachment then the upper house much old a trial and vote for removal |
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| initiated by a citizen petition, it allows a vote on whether to remove an elected official from office before his or her term is completed |
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| knowledge of how to use the press to get one's message across the prublic |
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| an auditor's duty it involves making sure the expenditures and investments of state funds have been made in accordance with the law; done after expenditure is made |
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| the sate controller's duty; it involves making sure that a prospective departmental expenditure is in accordance with the law and does not exceed the appropriations made by the legislature before any expenditures is in is in accordance with the law and does not exceed the appropriations made by the legislature before any ependiture is made by the treasurer. |
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| Departments, agencies, bureaus, and offices that perform the functions of government |
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| the development by executive bureaucracies of proceduers and activities to carry out policies enacted by te legislature |
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| the development by the bureaucracy of formal rules for implementing legislation |
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| decision making by bureaucracies as to whether or not an individual or organization has complied with or violated government laws and/or regulation |
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| the ability of public agencies and employees to make decisions based on their own judgment so long as the decision is reasonable or lawful |
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| in government budget making, the tendency of bureaucrats and elected officials to focus on new programs and increases in spending, while seldom reviewing existing programs or previous levels of spending |
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| a general reference to the size of government, often measured by spending per capita and public employment per 10,000 population |
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| selection of employees for government agencies on the basis of political loyalty and electoral support |
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| selection of employees for government agencies on the basis of competence, with no consideration of an individual's political loyalties or support |
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| in government, performing function and producing desired results at the least possible cost to taxpayers |
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| as applied to public bureaucracies, the extent to which their workforces generally reflect the social characteristics of the citizens they serve |
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| Affirmative Action Programs |
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| In government agencies, efforts to achieve minority and gender representativeness in the workforce through preferntial hiring and promotions |
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| the determination of wages, benefits and working conditions through bargaining with unions that represent employees |
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| disputes between parties are submitted and decided by a neutral thrid party |
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| informal power in the world of politics usually infers someone who can get things down in the political process |
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| state laws on the same subject valid as long as they do not conflict with federal law on that subject |
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| in government, the problem of ensuring that bureaucrats (agents) carry out the intentions of elected officals (principals)that the self-interests of bureaucrats do not conflict with these intentions |
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| the theory that over time regulatory agencies come under the influence of hte industries they are supposed to regulate |
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| the tendancy of bureaucrats to expand their own hours, functions, staff and budgets |
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| shifting the production of government services from public bureaucracies to privade firms |
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| government selling off many of its enterprises forexample housing projects, airpots staidums- to private indivudials or firms who would operate them more efficeintly and effectively |
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| a reform movement that encourages government bureaucracies to be more entrepreneurial, mission drive, results oriented, decentralized, and responsive to citizens' needs |
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| a method of budgeting that demands justification for the entire budget request of an agency not just its requested increase in funding |
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| a management decision making system that considers both human capital and finacial capital costs in making decisions |
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| comparing and measuring policies, practices, philosophies, and performance measures against those of other high-performing state or local governments |
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| in government budgeting the practice of allocating specific revenue sources to specific programs such as gasoline taxes to highways |
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