Chapter 8 The Administrative State

Question 1

Bureaucracy

Answer 1

A type of organization that is characterized by hierarchy, specialization, fixed and official rules, and relative freedom from outside control

Question 2

Hierarchy

Answer 2

Levels of authority in an organization, with maximum authority on top

Question 3

Pseudo Laissez Faire

Answer 3

A phrase referring to the tendency of entrepreneurs to oppose government involvement in the economy at the general philosophical level, but to seek government assistance for their particular business

Question 4

Reinventing or Reengineering Government

Answer 4

A national and state movement in the 1990s to improve government performance; sometimes called “reengineering”

Question 5

Clientele Group

Answer 5

The interest group or groups that benefit from or are regulated by an administrative agency

Question 6

Civil Service System

Answer 6

A personnel system in a government administrative agency in which employees are hired, fired, and promoted based on merit

Question 7

Administrative Discretion

Answer 7

The freedom that administrators (bureaucrats) have in implementing and interpreting the laws

Question 8

Sunset Reviews

Answer 8

The process by which the legislature reviews the performance of administrative agencies, and then renews, reorganizes, or eliminates them

Question 9

Sunshine Laws

Answer 9

A law that provides for public access to the records of administrative agencies

Question 10

Whistle-Blower

Answer 10

Someone who “blows the whistle,” that is, informs on a government official who is guilty of misdeeds or malpractice