Bureaucracy & Voting

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________ tends to be most efficient for organization. _____ part of gov't. Most ____ understood & ___ public opinion. Made up of full time employees of ___ branch.

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bureaucracy, primary, poorly, low, executive

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Ideas of bureaucracy include: from ____, academic ____, congress, president (authorization for ___ programs, appropriation setting aside ____, implementation to carry out job - people w/ certain jobs

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public, experts, legislative, money

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Bureaucracy are defined and ___ organizations to carry out detailed tasks. ___ roles (division of ___, specific jobs - ____), fixed __ & __ (SOPs, red tape - ____, predictability, ____), hierarchy of ___ (clear chain of ___, accountability, control)

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complex, special, labor, expertise, rules, procedures, uniformity, speed, authority, command

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Bureaucratic functions include ___ defense, law ___, direct ___, regulation, ___ services, political ___, merit civil ___

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national, enforcement, services, auxiliary, executive, service

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____ parties: coalitions of ____ and groups that seek to influence gov't by getting their ___ elected to offices

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politcal, individuals, candidates

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Basic functions of parties include: campaign for ___, educate ___, simplify ____, organize gov't, ___ gov't , __ the gov't

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office, public, elections, unify, check

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Characteristics of U.S. party system include: two-party ___ (Dems & Reps), relatively non-____ (big houses, broad coalitions), de-centralized ___ (state & local parties independent national party committees), relatively ___, don't control nominations because of use of ___

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competition, ideological, power, weak, primaries

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Democracy must have functioning, competitive ___ ____

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political parties

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Voting is ___ control with increasing ___ presence. Slow universal adult ___, usually by ____ action

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stat, federal, suffrage, federal

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Voting Rights Act: federal approval of state voting laws, ___ operations, districting

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election

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3 categories of bureaucrates: ____ executive (at top), ___ civil servants, & ___ civil servants

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political, merit, regular

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Burea. powers include subject ____, ___ expertise, & the ___ triangle (congressional subject committee, BLM servants, interest/client groups)

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expertise, administrative, iron

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Burea. controls include: president, congress, court, norms & ___, ___ groups

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values, interest

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T/F:
Memebers of the House and Senate are prohibited from hodling executive office. This prevents -.

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T, corruption

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The treasurer is not appointed by -, but by the -

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Congress, president

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- has the power to create the departments and agencies of government, and the responsibility of appropriating the money to adminster programs and - gov't employees

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Congress, hire

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Bureaucracy actually means -, -, and -; however it has come to mean -, -, and --.

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fast, effective, and rational
slow, confusing, and self-serving

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Gov't is classified into 4 broad cats: -, independent -, independent - -, and gov't -.

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departments, agencies, regulatory commissions, corporations

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- are the largest federal orgs with the broadest mission; Gov't corporations are like - and aren't bound by the same rules; Independent agencies deal with - problems; indpendent regulatory commissions are the (most/least) influ. org. and carry out regulatory and - functions.

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Departments
businesses
specific
most, oversight

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Every department and agency is head by a - appointee, usually subject to confirmation by Senate.

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presidential