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18 Cards in this Set
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What is the Weberian Model?
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Views bureaucracies as rational, hierarchical organizations in which power flows from the top downward and decisions are based on logical reasoning
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Acquisitions Model
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View top-level bureaucrats as constantly seeking to expand budgets and staff so as to maximize their own power
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Monopolistic Model
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compares bureaucracies to monopolistic businesses (inefficient and costly operation)
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What are Sunset laws?
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a sunset provision or clause is a measure within a statute, regulation or other law that provides that the law shall cease to have effect after a specific date, unless further legislative action is taken to extend the law
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What are Sunrise laws?
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Things are open to public
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What is contracting out or privatization?
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to give work to another company using a written legal agreement instead of using your own company to do it
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What is the Plea bargain?
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Pleading guilty to a lesser law
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What are the Types of Bureaucratic Structures?
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Cabinet
Independent Executive Agencies Independent Regulatory Agencies Government Corporations |
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Example of cabinet department?
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Homeland security
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Independent Executive Agencies example?
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NASA
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Independent Regulatory Agencies example?
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Nuclear Regulatory commission.
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Government Corporations?
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amtrack
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What are the problems with Bureaucracy?
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-Have their own agenda
-serve unelected groups -can be inefficient -red tape -conflict -duplication -waste |
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What are the modern attempts at bureaucratic reform?
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Sunshine laws
deregulation sunset laws contracting out incentives helping whistle blowers |
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What are the three types of decisions in court?
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affirm
reverse remand |
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How is bureaucracy constrained by other groups?
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laws
senate confirmation process oversight appropriations investigation casework |
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How is the judicial branch checked by other groups?
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judicial implementation
appointments -------------------------------------------------- Appropriation of funds to carry out rulings - Constitutional amendments Amending laws to overturn court’s rulings Congress determines the jurisdiction of the courts, and the number of judges/justices Senate confirms all appointments ------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Opinion - Sometimes can ignore decisions - pressure for non-enforcement - influence judicial opinions Judicial Self-Restraint - narrow focus of judicial questions - stare decisis - tradition of restraint |
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What are the major considerations by the president when choosing federal judges?
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Senatorial courtesy
Party Background Ideology Reflection of society shifitng the direction of the courts |
