Chapter 15 Flashcards
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3 elements that make up all regulations
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- a grant of power and set of directions from Congress
- a set of rules and guidelines
- some means of enforcing compliance
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Myths and realities of bureaucracies
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- Americans dislike bureaucrats
- Bureaucracies are growing bigger each year
- Most federal bureaucrats work in Washington D.C
- They are ineffective and inefficent
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Why is it hard to fire civil servants
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They are protected once they are hired
3
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Plum jobs
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Cabinet secretaries, assistants, bureaucracy chiefs
4
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larges segment of the federal bureaucracy as far as number of employees and as far as money spent
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jobs- defense
money spent- health services
5
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red tape
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forms you have to fill out bureaucracy- negative effect
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Command and control policy
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the existing system of regulation whereby government tells business how to reach certain goals, checks that these commands are followed, and punishes offenders
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fragmentation
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responsibility for a policy is dispersed among several units within the bureaucracy
8
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how many cabinet departments are there
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15
