Chapter 14 Vocabulary Flashcards
To learn and memorize these vocabulary words.
Acquisitive Model
A model of bureaucracy that views top-level bureaucrats as seeking to expand the sized of their budgets and staffs to gain greater power
Enabling Legislation
A statute enacted by Congress that authorizes the creation of an administrative agency and specifies the name, purpose, composition, functions, and powers of the agency being created
Issue Network
A group of individuals or organizations that supports a particular policy position on a given issue
Sunset Legislation
Laws requiring that existing programs be reviewed regularly for their effectiveness and be terminated unless specifically extended as a result of these reviews
Administrative Agency
A federal, state, or local gov’t unit established to preform a specific function
Government Corporation
An agency of gov’t that administers a quasi-business enterprise
Merit System
The selection, retention, and promotion of governmental employees on the basis of competitive examinations
Weberian Model
A model of bureaucracy developed by the German sociologist Max Weber, who viewed bureaucracies as rational, hierarchical organizations in which decisions are based on logical reasoning
Bureaucracy
A large organization that is structured hierarchically to carry out specific functions
Government in the Sunshine Act
A law that requires all committee-directed federal agencies to conduct their business regularly in public session
Monopolistic Model
A model of bureaucracy that compares bureaucracies to monopolistic business firms
Whistleblower
Someone who brings to puplic attention gross governmental inefficiency of an illegal action
Capture
The act by which an industry being regulated by a gov’t agency gains direct or indirect control over agency personnel and decision makers
Independent Regulatory Agency
An agency outside the major executive departments charged with making and implementing rules and regulations
Pendleton Act
An act that established the principle of employment on the basis of merit and created the Civil Service Commission to advinister the personnel service
Cabinet Department
One of the 15 departments of the executive branch
Civil Service Commission
The initial central personnel agency of the national gov’t, created in 1883
Independent Executive Agency
A federal agency that is not part of a Cabinet department but reports directly to the president
Iron Triangle
The three-way alliance among legislators, bureaucrats, and interest groups to make or perserve policies that benefit their respective interests
Spoils System
The awarding of gov’t jobs to political supporters and friends
