Chapter 15

Question 0

3 elements that make up regulations

Answer 0

1) grant of power and set of directions from Congress
2) set of rules and guidelines by regulatory agency
3) means of enforcing compliance with congressional goals and agency regulations

Question 1

Myths and realities of buearucracies

Answer 1

• Americans dislike bureaucrats
• bureaucracies are growing bigger each year
• most federal bureaucrats work in Wash. , D.C.
• bureaucracies are ineffective, inefficient and always mired in red tape.

Question 2

Max Webers definition of bureaucracy

Answer 2

An hierarchical authority structure where power flows from the top down and responsibility flow from bottom up

Question 3

DEFINE

Policy implementation

Answer 3

Stage of policymaking between establishing policy and consequences of policy for people of who it affects

Question 4

DEFINE

Patronage

Answer 4

Hiring and promotion system based on political reasons

Question 5

Why it’s hard to fire civil servants

Answer 5

They are protected

Question 6

DEFINE

Plum jobs

Answer 6

Top federal jobs available for direct presidential appointment (often having senate confirmation)

Question 7

Largest segment of Fed. Bureaucracy as far as # of employees and money spent

Answer 7

DOD Department of Defense

647,800 employed

Question 8

DEFINE

Red Tape

Answer 8

A way of organizing people to perform work
Or
Unneeded rules and regulations

Question 9

What are SOPs (standard operating procedures)?

Answer 9

Procedures used by bureaucrats to bring uniformity to complex organizations

Question 10

What are iron triangles?

Answer 10

Dependent relationship between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees.

Question 11

What is Pendleton Civil Service Act?

Answer 11

Act passed in 1883, created a fed. service so that hiring and promoting was based on MERIT.

Question 12

Example that tho book gives for a very successful bureaucratic program or policy

Answer 12

Voting Right Act of 1965

Question 13

DEFINE

Street level bureaucrats

Answer 13

Bureaucrats who are in constant contact with the public and have considerable administrative discretion.

Question 14

DEFINE & EXAMPLE

Command-and-Control policy

Answer 14

System of regulation where govt tells business how to reach certain goals, checks that commands are followed & punishes offenders.

Question 15

Fragmentation

Answer 15

Differing and opposing view points

Question 16

Administrative discretion

Answer 16

Authority of administrative actors to select amount various responses to a given problem

Question 17

Purpose of Hatch Act

Answer 17

Federal law prohibiting government employees from active participation in partisan politics

Question 18

How many people are employed as part of federal bureaucracy?

Answer 18

2.7 million

Question 19

Merit system

Answer 19

Hiring based on entrance exams and promotion rating go make administration of talent and skill

Question 20

DEFINE

Independent Regulatory Agencies

Answer 20

Government agency responsible for a sector of economy, make and enforce rules to protect public interest.

Question 21

How many cabinet departments are there?

Answer 21

15

Question 22

DEFINE

Deregulation

Answer 22

Lifting of restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities.

Question 23

How prevalent (common) are bureaucracies?

Answer 23

Needed everyday

Question 24

What are people’s attitude towards bureaucracies ?

Answer 24

Neutral, somewhat positive

Question 25

Graph on 469

Answer 25

of government employees has increased since 1965