Government Chapter 13

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who advanced the classic conception of bureaucracy

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Max Weber

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what did max weber argue?

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that the bureacracy was a "rational" way for a modern society to conduct businesses

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What Weberian model

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a bureaucracy is a well-organized machine with plenty of working, hierarchal parts

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merit principle

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policy that promotion to bureaucracies is based on employee's ability rather than "who do you know"

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patronage system

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hiring and promotion system based on knowing the right people, working in an election campaign, making political donations, or having the right connections

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as a percentage of America's workforce, federal governmnet employment has been ....

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shrinking

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what percent of all civilian jobs are federal governmnet employment

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3%

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until the late nineteenth century, how did most gov employees get their jobs?

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patronage system

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what do civil service systems do?

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hire and promote members of bureacracy on the basis of merit to create a nonpartisan government service

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The Hatch Act

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1940, prohibits federal civil service employees from active participation in partisan policies

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Pwho created the Pendleton Act of 1883?

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federal civil system

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Pendleton Act of 1883

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placed federal government employees on merit system

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General Schedule (GS)

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for federal employees ranging from GS1 to GS18, whch saleries are keyed to rating and experience

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Wht agency was created to police the stock market

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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what did the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 establish?

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elite cadre (Senior Executive Service) of approx. 9,000 federal government managers... includes career officials and political appointees who do not require senate confirmation

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what does the National Labor Relations Board regulate?

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labor-management relations

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independent regulatory agencies

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parts of federal bureaucracy with responsibility to making and enforcing rules designed to protect public interest in differnet sectors of the economy

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independent regulatory agencies have powerful......., ......., .......

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rule-making, dispute-settling, and enforcement authority

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what is thehe main job of federal bureaucrats?

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to implement or regulate government policies

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what is creating new agencies, developing guidelines, and coordinating resources to achieve a policy goal called?

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policy implementations

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administartive discretion

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authority of administrative actors to select among verious responses or alternatives to a given problem

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stret-level bureaucrats

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civil service employees who are in constant contact with the public and for that reason have considerable discretion

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what makes the coordination of policies difficult ad time consuming?

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diffusion of responsibility within the bureaucracy

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who created the Department of Homeland Security in 2002?

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President Bush

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what was the Department of Homeland Security supposed to help overcome?

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problems of fragmentation involved in providing national security

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what do most regulatory agencies adopt to carry out a policy based on the intended purpose of the policy at hand?

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specific guidelines

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what happens after congress passes regulatory legislation>

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it grants power to regulatory agencies to develop guidelines and enforce compliance

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deregulation

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lifting of government restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities

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what is a major problem for presidnets and congress in controlling bureaucracies

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iron triangles

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"iron triangle"

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consists of bureaucratic agency, interest group, and congressional committee

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what is a growing participatory force in bureaucratic desicion-makings?

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issue networks

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what do issue networks focus on?

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intellectual or emotional issues, rather than material

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bureaucracy

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way of organizing people to operate as federal employees

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who ae most agencies responsible to

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the president

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what is an example of governmnet corporations or special services

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US postal service and Amtrak

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policy implementation

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stage of policy making in which the consequences of the policy affect people

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what do bureaucratic agencies frequently lack?

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adequate staff members, training, funding, supplies, and equipment.. making it hard to carry out assigned tasks