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-organization or system
-3 essential parts
--hierarchy: accountability goes up, power down, strict
--worker specialization: increases efficiency to max, fair treatment
--strict & explicit rules: rule/procedure for everything |
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| US bureaucracy has a fourth part |
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Specialized training/doing well on test(merit) is a must to get hired
-gets rid of spoils system |
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-4.5 million people
-4 Categories |
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| Categories - Department Agencies |
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-cabinet level
-organized by subject area |
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| Categories - Independent Agencies |
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not part of Dept. Agencies, not very many
-CIA: more freedom, not held to same regulations as defense dept.
-NASA: don't want to be accused of militarizing space |
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| Categories - Gov't Corporations |
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-things too expensive or important to leave to private sector
-USPS |
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| Categories - Independent Regulatory Commissions |
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-set up to be largely removed from politics
-Fed. Trade Commission
-Fed. Elections Commission
-Securities & Exchange Commission
-need specialized people not partisan decisions -->use expertise to do what's right |
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-execution of laws: bureaucratic rulemaking - agency says what rule means & enforces it
-services: Security, Economy, General Welfare |
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-Some: equitable, fair for all
-Others: quickness & efficiency
-Others: fiscal responsibility, not wasteful
--ALL good, but not so easy all together
-Accountability |
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| an approach to managing the bureaucracy whereby people are appointed to important gov't positions as a reward for political services they have rendered and because of their partisan loyalty |
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| the practice of granting public office to individuals in return for political favors they have rendered |
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| an approach to managing the bureaucracy whereby people are appointed to gov't positions on the basis of either competitive exams or special qualifications such as professional training |
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| the primary function of the bureaucracy; refers to the process of carrying out the authoritative decisions of Congress, the pres & courts |
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| special interest groups that benefit directly form the activities of particular bureaucratic agency and therefore are strong advocates of the agency |
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-no one way
-President only has control over top level management
-Congress: control money, casework, oversight function
-Courts: can't get involved until someone w/standing asks them to
-media
-interest groups
-citizens - bureaucratic rulemaking hearings, request info
-all to some extent imperfect |
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