Rapid Adaptability Despite the hundreds of policies passed to ‘regulate’ the bureaucracy, the fact that none of them truly solve the oppression of these agencies shows that there is a lack of interest in making a change. Even further, with these regulations, bureaucracies can still adapt. Since the inception of the government, the economy and political landscape has changed drastically, with new technology shaping the way we live. This technology also influences how bureaucracies operate to provide services, essentially “.transforming them into formidable dragons” (Riggs, 1997). Riggs, a political scientist known as a pioneer in his field, finds that these agencies have become uncontrollable metaphorical monsters, which are only growing in
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Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfoot nation, sued the Department of the Interior for the mismanagement of the Indian Trust Funds, in what was the largest class action suit ever filed against the U.S. (2013). The agency took hundreds of thousands of dollars from Native American communities, and gave little back, and many families were left with barely anything. However, even getting to the class action suit was very challenging as she talked to the BIA, or the Bureau of Indian Affairs, when she found out that Native American families were not being compensated proportionally for the amount of oil being extracted (2013). She also called her representatives and Senators, who did not act on the situation, which led her to take matters into her own hands. Cobell is an example of how communities need to come together to check back against these agencies’ abuse. Additionally, it shows that her determination in trying to fix the system to help her community paid off.145 Because of this lack of accountability, it creates problems that affect the operation of bureaucratic agencies, and the people they are supposed to
Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfoot nation, sued the Department of the Interior for the mismanagement of the Indian Trust Funds, in what was the largest class action suit ever filed against the U.S. (2013). The agency took hundreds of thousands of dollars from Native American communities, and gave little back, and many families were left with barely anything. However, even getting to the class action suit was very challenging as she talked to the BIA, or the Bureau of Indian Affairs, when she found out that Native American families were not being compensated proportionally for the amount of oil being extracted (2013). She also called her representatives and Senators, who did not act on the situation, which led her to take matters into her own hands. Cobell is an example of how communities need to come together to check back against these agencies’ abuse. Additionally, it shows that her determination in trying to fix the system to help her community paid off.145 Because of this lack of accountability, it creates problems that affect the operation of bureaucratic agencies, and the people they are supposed to