Brooke-Ch.8 Flashcards

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administrative adjudication

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a quasi-judicial process in which a bureaucratic agency settles disputes between two parties in a manner similar to the way courts resolve disputes.
S:Administrative adjudication is the application of rules and precedents to specific cases to settle disputes with regulated parties.

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administrative discretion

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in public administration, administrative discretion refers to the flexible exercising of judgment and decision making allowed to public administrators.
S: Public administrators have flexible exercising of making decisions.

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cabinet departments

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15 total of various size, status, visibility, and function. They all advise the President, help execute/implement programs; have broad responsibility.
S: There are 15 cabinet departments.

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civil service system

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A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle and the desire to create a nonpartisan government service.
S: Civil service system is a system of hiring in government.

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department of homeland security

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The United States Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet department of the U.S. federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.
S: Department of homeland security is a very important department.

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federal bureaucracy

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performs three primary tasks: implementation, administration, and regulation.
S: When Congress passes a law, federal bureaucracy sets down guidelines to carry out the new policies

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federal register

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a daily publication of the US federal government that issues proposed and final administrative regulations of federal agencies.
S:What is the purpose of federal register?

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government corporations

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A government agency that operates like a business corporation, created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
S: A government entity that is independent of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

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G.I (Governmental Bill)

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A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II.
S: Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces.

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Government corporations

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A government corporation is a company that is owned by the government and operates with the same independence of a private business, except that the owner is the government.
S: A government entity that is independent of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

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Great Depression

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Nine thousand banks failed during the months following the stock market crash of 1929.
S:the stock market crash was not the single cause of the Great Depression.

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Great Society

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a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.
S: The main goal of the Great Society was the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice.

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Hatch Act

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The purpose of the Act is to maintain a federal workforce that is free from partisan political influence or coercion. or undertake any partisan political activity.
S: The Hatch Act generally applies to employees working in the executive branch of the federal government.

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Implementation

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the process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution.
S: In other words implementation is the process of putting a law into practice through bureaucratic rules or spending.

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independent executive agencies

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agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary) and the Executive Office of the President.
S: The executive president head the independent executive agencies.

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independent regulatory commission

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agencies are federal agencies created by an act of Congress that are independent of the executive departments.
S: Independent regulatory commission agencies are meant to impose and enforce regulations free of political influence.

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interagency councils

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working groups created to facilitate coordination of policy making and implementation across a host of governmental agencies.
S: There is an interagency council on homelessness.

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iron triangles

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the “iron triangle” comprises the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups.
S: It is described in 1981 by Gordon Adams.

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issue networks

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issue networks are an alliance of various interest groups and individuals who unite in order to promote a common cause or agenda in a way that influences government policy.
S: Issue networks can be either domestic or international in scope depending on their collective goal.

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Max Weber

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German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920).
S: Max Weber was a German sociologist, philosopher, jurist, and political economist.

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merit system

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the process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job, rather than on their political connections.
S:It is the opposite of the spoils system.

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patronage

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the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.
S: How are patronage’s effective?

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pendelton act

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a United States federal law enacted in 1883 that mandated that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.
S:

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policy coordinating committees (PCCs)

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Subcabinet-level committees created to facilitate interactions between agencies and departments to handle complex policy problems.
S:

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Regulations

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rules made by a government or other authority in order to control the way something is done or the way people behave.
S: The European Union has proposed new regulations to control the hours worked by its employees.

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rule making

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In administrative law, rule-making is the process that executive and independent agencies use to create, or promulgate, regulations.
S: Agencies create more detailed regulations through rule-making.

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sixteenth amendment

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The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population.
S: 16th amendment was passed by Congress in 1909.

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spoils system

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Is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters, friends, and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party.
S: Spoils system contrasts the merit system.

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world war 1

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a war between the allies -Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Romania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro and the Central Powers -Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918.
S: World war 1 was a destructive war the U.S. got involved in.

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world war 2

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A war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan — and the Allies, including France and Britain, and later the Soviet Union and the United States.
S: World war 2 was started by Hitler and the Nazis trying to overcome the world.