bureaucracy

Question 1

What is bureaucracy?

Answer 1

A bureaucracy is an administrative group of nonelected officials charged with carrying out functions connected to a series of policies and programs.

Question 2

how is bureaucracy structured?

Answer 2

Public organizations, public agencies
overseen by an executive

Question 3

Political patronage: Define.

Answer 3

(spoils system): is the use of state resources to reward individuals for their political support. (inherently political)

Question 4

anti-bureaucracy slide points

Answer 4

it doesn’t work
– it’s oppressive
– it’s anti-democratic

Question 5

pro-bureaucracy slide points

Answer 5

it can be made to work
– it can enrich our lives
– democracy counts on it

Question 6

non-defense vs defense employment throughout the years:

Answer 6

spike in the 1950s (probably vietnam war) in defense employment, 1974-ish non-defense employment rises, and overtakes defense by a lot by 2010

Question 7

public gov orgs are run by

Answer 7

a secretary usually

Question 8

bureau structure?

Answer 8

Political appointees
* Staff
* Front-line workers, street-level bureaucrats
* Contractors

Question 9

models of bureaucracy?

Answer 9

Weberian, monopolistic, and acquisitive

Question 10

Weberian bureaucracy is:

Answer 10

Rational organization

Question 11

acquisitive bureaucracy is

Answer 11

Bureaucracies compete among themselves
Bureaucracies want power and money

Question 12

monopolistic bureaucracy is

Answer 12

No competition has implications for service delivery
Little accountability

Question 13

Weberian bureaucracy rules:

Answer 13

1. Rules that define the mission
2. Hierarchy
3. Processing and record-keeping with documents
4. Management by experts
5. Management by defined roles
6. Management by rules

Question 14

In favor of
public services
remaining public

Answer 14

maintain bureau

Question 15

In favor or
public services
being privatized

Answer 15

privatize bureau

Question 16

Woodrow Wilson, 1913:

Answer 16

Segregation of federal agencies under Woodrow Wilson.
Photo required with Civil Service application form, 1914

Question 17

recession caused afam women

Answer 17

to lose their jobs in a sharp decline

Question 18

Bureaucracy can implement policies and programs focused on
racial equity: LIST

Answer 18

• 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

Question 19

Bureaucracy can implement policies and programs that
perpetuate racial inequity: LIST

Answer 19

Housing and Urban Development
*Justice Department and the prosecution of drug crimes
* United States Census

Question 20

prejudice

Answer 20

internal

Question 21

discrimation

Answer 21

external

Question 22

Institutional racism: define

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Structural racism: define

Answer 23

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