bureaucracy Flashcards
What is bureaucracy?
A bureaucracy is an administrative group of nonelected officials charged with carrying out functions connected to a series of policies and programs.
how is bureaucracy structured?
Public organizations, public agencies
overseen by an executive
Political patronage: Define.
(spoils system): is the use of state resources to reward individuals for their political support. (inherently political)
anti-bureaucracy slide points
it doesn’t work
– it’s oppressive
– it’s anti-democratic
pro-bureaucracy slide points
it can be made to work
– it can enrich our lives
– democracy counts on it
non-defense vs defense employment throughout the years:
spike in the 1950s (probably vietnam war) in defense employment, 1974-ish non-defense employment rises, and overtakes defense by a lot by 2010
public gov orgs are run by
a secretary usually
bureau structure?
Political appointees
* Staff
* Front-line workers, street-level bureaucrats
* Contractors
models of bureaucracy?
Weberian, monopolistic, and acquisitive
Weberian bureaucracy is:
Rational organization
acquisitive bureaucracy is
Bureaucracies compete among themselves
Bureaucracies want power and money
monopolistic bureaucracy is
No competition has implications for service delivery
Little accountability
Weberian bureaucracy rules:
- Rules that define the mission
- Hierarchy
- Processing and record-keeping with documents
- Management by experts
- Management by defined roles
- Management by rules
In favor of
public services
remaining public
maintain bureau
In favor or
public services
being privatized
privatize bureau
Woodrow Wilson, 1913:
Segregation of federal agencies under Woodrow Wilson.
Photo required with Civil Service application form, 1914
recession caused afam women
to lose their jobs in a sharp decline
Bureaucracy can implement policies and programs focused on
racial equity: LIST
- Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
(1865-1872) - Commission on Civil Rights
*Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Community Relations Agency
Bureaucracy can implement policies and programs that
perpetuate racial inequity: LIST
Housing and Urban Development
*Justice Department and the prosecution of drug crimes
* United States Census
prejudice
internal
discrimation
external
Institutional racism: define
Organizational programs, policies, or
procedures that work to the benefit of white people and to the
detriment of people of color, usually unintentionally or
inadvertently
Structural racism: define
Occurring within the context of racialized
historical and cultural conditions, structural racism is the
interplay of policies, practices and programs of multiple
institutions which leads to adverse outcomes and conditions for
communities of color compared to white communities
