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32 Cards in this Set
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Bureaucracy
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A large organization that is structured hierarchically to carry out specific functions
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Weberian Model
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A model of bureaucracy developed by the German sociologist Max Weber, who viewed bureaucracies as rational, hierarchical organizations in which decisions are based on logical reasoning's
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Acquisitive Model
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A model of bureaucracy that views top=level bureaucrats as seeking to expand the size of their budgets and staffs to gain greater power
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Monopolistic Model
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A model of bureaucracy that compares bureaucracies to monopolistic business firms. Lack of competition in either circumstance leads to inefficient and costly operations.
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Administrative Agencies
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A federal, state, or local government unit established to perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are created and authorized by legislative bodies to administer and enforce specific laws
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Cabinet Department
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One of the 15 departments of the executive branch. (State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development Education, Energy, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs).
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Liene Organization
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In the federal government, an administrative unit that is directly accountable to the president
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Independent Executive Agency
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A federal agency that is not part of a Cabinet department but reports directly to the president.
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Independent Regulatory Agency
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An agency outside the major executive departments charged with making and implementing rules and regulations.
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Capture
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The act by which an industry being regulated by a government agency gains direct or indirect control over agency personnel and decisions makers
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Government Corporation
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An agency of government that administers a quasi-business enterprise. These corporations are used when activities are primarily commercial.
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Spoils System
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The awarding of government jobs to political supporters and friends
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Merit System
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The selection, retention, and promotion of government employees on the basis of competitive examinations
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Pendleton Act (Civil Service Reform Act)
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An act that established the principle of employment on the basis of merit and created the Civil Service Commission to administer the personnel service.
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Civil Service Commission
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The initial central personnel agency of the national government, created in 1883
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Government in the Sunshine Act
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A law that requires all committee-directed federal agencies to conduct their business regularly in public session
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Sunset Legislation
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Laws requiring that existing programs e reviewed regularly for their effectiveness and be terminated unless specifically extended as a result of these reviews
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Privatization
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The replacement of government services with services provided by private firms
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Whistleblower
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Someone who brings to public attention gross governmental inefficiency or an illegal action
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Enabling Legislation
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A statute enacted by Congress that authorizes the creation of an administrative agency and specifies the name, purpose, composition, functions, and powers of the agency being created.
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Iron Triangle
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The three-way alliance among legislators, bureaucrats, and interest groups to make or preserve policies that benefit their respective interests
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Issue Network
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A group of individuals or --organizations which may consist of legislators and legislative staff members, interest group leaders, bureaucrats, the media, scholars, and other experts-- that supports a particular policy position on a given issue
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The concept of privatization refers to:
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The replacement of government services with services provided by private firms
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The two bodies that employ by far the largest number of federal civilian employees are:
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The US Postal Service and the Department of Defance
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Issue Networks are:
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an alliance that may contain scholars, interest groups, executive agency staff, and legislative staff
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The spoils system can be viewed as:
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A system of patronage
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Compared to governmental bureaucracies in other countries, the federal bureaucracies in the US:
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have a greater degree of autonomy
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A large organization that is hierarchically structured and carries out specific functions is known as a(n):
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bureaucracy
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The Hatch Act:
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prohibits federal employees from active involvement in political campaigns
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Sunset legislation requires:
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the termination of a program unless Congress has reauthorized it
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A major power that Congress has over federal bureaucracy:
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the authority or extend or limit appropriations
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A "whistleblower" is a person who:
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brings to public attention gross governmental inefficiency or illegal actions
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