Chapter 8 - Bureaucracy Flashcards
Why did congress delegate power
Congress was overworked and began to delegate responcibilities
What did the delegation of Power do
- Crete new branchs of goverment
Princible Agent Problem
Federalist Reforms
Faith/Opinion of national gov. does dow, so first they try to find moral people (church) (Trustworthy famalies)
Spoil System
People given goverment job for their support
Rotational Office
- Job terms
- Jackso wanted to fight the spoil system
Max Weber
Thogut a good bureauractic system operates like a good, impersonal, rule-following machine
Pendleton Act
Established merit system that you get job by taking a test or experiance
Principle Agent Problem
Consitution thought Congress would be power hungry but they are trying to get rid of responcibility
Cabinent
Collection of the presidents most prominent helpers devided into departments
Indepent Agencies
Exist aprt from the rest if the cabinent, congress creats them indeoendent so they arent influence by poitics
- EX: NASA
Goverment Corporations
Congress con build corporations from scratch
Red tape
Goverment Regulations
Marbury vs Madison
Establish Judical Reveiw
Judical Reveiw
Supreme court has right to reveiw legislation and rule if it is constiutional
