Ch 15 Vocab

Question 0

Regulations originating from executive branch; used to control the bureaucracy

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Executive orders

Question 1

Relationship btwn bureaucratic agencies, interest groups,& congressional committees or subcommitees; dominate some areas of domestic policymaking

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Iron triangles

Question 2

Typical system of regulation whereby govt tells business how to reach certain goals, checks that these commands are followed,& punishes offenders

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Command and control policy

Question 3

By charles schultze, a more effective and efficient policy than c-and-c; in the incentive system, marketlike stratiegies are used to manage public policy

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Incentive system

Question 4

Lifting of restrictions on business, industry,& professional activities for which govt rules ha been est & that beauracracies ha been created to administer

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Deregulation

Question 5

Use of govtal authority to contdol or change some practice in the private sector

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Regulations

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Coone by michael lipsky, referring to those bureaucrats who are in constant contact with the public & have considerable administrative discretion

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Street level bureaucrats

Question 7

Authority if administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem; greatest when routines or sops dont fit a case

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Administrative discretion

Question 8

Used by bureaucrats to bring uniformity to complex organizations

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Standard operating procedures

Question 9

Stage of policymaking btwn est od a policy & the consequences of thenpolicy for the pol whom it affects; involves translating the goals & objectives of a policy into an operating ongoing program

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Policy implementation

Question 10

Govt not accounted for by cabinet deparents, independent regulatory commissions,& govt coprs. Administrators typically appointed by pres & serves at pres’s pleasure

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Independent executive agency

Question 11

Govt organization that provides a service that could be provided by provate sector & charges for its services

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Government corporation

Question 12

Govt agency responsible for some sector of the economy,making and enforcing rules to protect publice interest; judges disputes over these rules

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Independent regulatory commission

Question 13

Passed in 1883, created a federal civil service so that hiing & promotion would be based on merit rather than patronagr

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Pendleton civil service act

Question 14

System of hiring and promotion based on merit principle & desire to create a nonpartisan gocr service

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Civiel service

Question 15

Idea that hiring should be based on entrance exams & promotion ratings to produce administration by ppl a/talent and skill

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Merit principle

Question 16

Fed law prohibiting govt employees from active participation in partisan politics

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Hatch act

Question 17

Office in charge of hiring for most agencies of the fed govt ysing elaborate rules in the process

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Office of personal management

Question 18

Schedule for federal ployeea ranging from GS 1 to GS 18 by which salaries can be keyed to rating & experience

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GS (general schedule) rating

Question 19

Elite cadre of about 9000 federal govt managers est by the civil service reform act of 19$8 who are mostly career officials but incl some pol appointees who dont require senate confirmatuon

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Senior executive service

Question 20

One of the key inducement by political machines

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Patronage

Question 21

According to max weber, a hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization, operates on merit principle,& behaves with impersonality

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Bureaucracy