Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Semester 1 Year 1 > Public Administration > Flashcards

Public Administration Flashcards

1
Q

public adminstration

A

study of the managerial practices as to how officials enact policy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

politics

A

who gets what, when, and how (distributing resources amongst conflicting parties)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

authority

A

someones power to make decisions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

coericion

A

expression of power over someone else

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Weber’s 3 types of authority

A

traditional, charismatic, legal rational

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

power

A

when actors make another actor behave in a way they would not otherwise

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

negative power

A

restricts someone from doing something

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

positive power

A

“empowers” someone to do something

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

the state

A

institution exerting power over a population in a territory (guaranteed monopoly power)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

difference between state and nation

A

states are sovereign (country) nations are not (culture, grouping)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

nation state

A

a state of one nation of people

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

government

A

institution with formal and informal rules

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

representative democracy

A

democracy made by elected representative

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

democracy

A

legitimacy of democratic governments based on “inputs” such as elections

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

government output

A

building things like highways

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

high competition, high participation

A

polyarchy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

high competition, low participation

A

oligarchy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

low competition, high participation

A

open hegemony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

low competition, low participation

A

closed hegemony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

democratic legislators represent

A

the wants of their individual constitiuents

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

principal agent relationship

A

principal (people) push the agent (representative) to do something

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

representation as trustee

A

elected officials act in the interest of the people but not directly dictated by the people

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

government doesnt act

A

people act

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

thin democracy

A

elected officials but the public is only heard during elections

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

thick democracy

A

elected officials are still ruled by the people

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

consultant lobbyist

A

lobbyist for hire

27
Q

in-house lobbyist

A

company employee

28
Q

ideal weberian hierarchy

A

hierarchy
continuity
impersonality
expertise
distinction between person and office

29
Q

empirical statement

A

describes the world as it is

30
Q

normative statement

A

describes how the world should be

31
Q

NPM

A

New Public Management: make the bureaucracy work more like a business

32
Q

NPG

A

New Political Governance: the change to make public servants more supportive of the current government

33
Q

brokerage party

A

catch all party

34
Q

central agencies (who)

A

main departments that support the government’s policy (treasury board, finance, privy council, prime minister’s office)

35
Q

government agencies and alternative service delivery

A

not directly under a minister but reports to a minister (space agency)

36
Q

crown corporations

A

acts as government companies (CBC, BC Hydro)

37
Q

regulatory agencies

A

keep us safe (health canada)

38
Q

spoil system

A

public servants were politically appointed which was bad

39
Q

formal politicization

A

politics directly into bureaucracy

40
Q

functional politicization

A

politics isnt directly in bureaucracy (formally) but it is there and created by the bureaucrats

41
Q

administrative politicization

A

partisan advisors can limit bureaucrats access to ministers

42
Q

treasury board

A

provides support to pm and ministries to people and economics

43
Q

finance

A

sets federal economic policies

44
Q

privy council

A

non partisan source off policy and administrative advice

45
Q

prime minister’s office (PMO)

A

partisan advice

46
Q

traditional authority

A

long established

47
Q

charismatic authority

A

exceptional personal qualities

48
Q

legal rational authority

A

rules and legal statutes

49
Q

ideal weberian bureaucracy: hierarchy

A

each office has a clearly defined sphere of competence in a fixed hierarchy

50
Q

ideal weberian bureaucracy: continuity

A

full time work which constitutes a career

51
Q

ideal weberian bureaucracy: impersonality

A

behaviour based on predetermined written rules

52
Q

ideal weberian bureaucracy: expertise

A

personnel are selected based on merit

53
Q

ideal weberian bureaucracy: distinction between person and office

A

employees are well paid and dont use the position for personal gain

54
Q

difference between politics and administration

A

politics is based on elected officials who have objectives (what most be done) and have a normative view (how the world should be)
administration is based on appointed public servants who make the means of realizing the objectives and have an empirical view (how the world is)

55
Q

HRM

A

Human resource management (management of people)

56
Q

internal turnover

A

moving within an organization

57
Q

external turnover

A

leaving an organization

58
Q

merit recruitment

A

hiring based off of expertise and abilities (actual hiring)

59
Q

relative merit

A

candidate qualifications compared to others

59
Q

merit principal

A

citizens should be able to be a part of public service and should be hired on merit (idea)

60
Q

individual merit

A

candidates ability to meet the standards

61
Q

representative bureaucracy

A

the bureaucracy should represent the people who it serves

62
Q

passive representation

A

demographics of the organization

63
Q

active representation

A

those who defend the interests of the groups they represent

Semester 1 Year 1 (4 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions