Public Administration Flashcards
public adminstration
study of the managerial practices as to how officials enact policy
politics
who gets what, when, and how (distributing resources amongst conflicting parties)
authority
someones power to make decisions
coericion
expression of power over someone else
Weber’s 3 types of authority
traditional, charismatic, legal rational
power
when actors make another actor behave in a way they would not otherwise
negative power
restricts someone from doing something
positive power
“empowers” someone to do something
the state
institution exerting power over a population in a territory (guaranteed monopoly power)
difference between state and nation
states are sovereign (country) nations are not (culture, grouping)
nation state
a state of one nation of people
government
institution with formal and informal rules
representative democracy
democracy made by elected representative
democracy
legitimacy of democratic governments based on “inputs” such as elections
government output
building things like highways
high competition, high participation
polyarchy
high competition, low participation
oligarchy
low competition, high participation
open hegemony
low competition, low participation
closed hegemony
democratic legislators represent
the wants of their individual constitiuents
principal agent relationship
principal (people) push the agent (representative) to do something
representation as trustee
elected officials act in the interest of the people but not directly dictated by the people
government doesnt act
people act
thin democracy
elected officials but the public is only heard during elections
thick democracy
elected officials are still ruled by the people
consultant lobbyist
lobbyist for hire
in-house lobbyist
company employee
ideal weberian hierarchy
hierarchy
continuity
impersonality
expertise
distinction between person and office
empirical statement
describes the world as it is
normative statement
describes how the world should be
NPM
New Public Management: make the bureaucracy work more like a business
NPG
New Political Governance: the change to make public servants more supportive of the current government
brokerage party
catch all party
central agencies (who)
main departments that support the government’s policy (treasury board, finance, privy council, prime minister’s office)
government agencies and alternative service delivery
not directly under a minister but reports to a minister (space agency)
crown corporations
acts as government companies (CBC, BC Hydro)
regulatory agencies
keep us safe (health canada)
spoil system
public servants were politically appointed which was bad
formal politicization
politics directly into bureaucracy
functional politicization
politics isnt directly in bureaucracy (formally) but it is there and created by the bureaucrats
administrative politicization
partisan advisors can limit bureaucrats access to ministers
treasury board
provides support to pm and ministries to people and economics
finance
sets federal economic policies
privy council
non partisan source off policy and administrative advice
prime minister’s office (PMO)
partisan advice
traditional authority
long established
charismatic authority
exceptional personal qualities
legal rational authority
rules and legal statutes
ideal weberian bureaucracy: hierarchy
each office has a clearly defined sphere of competence in a fixed hierarchy
ideal weberian bureaucracy: continuity
full time work which constitutes a career
ideal weberian bureaucracy: impersonality
behaviour based on predetermined written rules
ideal weberian bureaucracy: expertise
personnel are selected based on merit
ideal weberian bureaucracy: distinction between person and office
employees are well paid and dont use the position for personal gain
difference between politics and administration
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)
HRM
Human resource management (management of people)
internal turnover
moving within an organization
external turnover
leaving an organization
merit recruitment
hiring based off of expertise and abilities (actual hiring)
relative merit
candidate qualifications compared to others
merit principal
citizens should be able to be a part of public service and should be hired on merit (idea)
individual merit
candidates ability to meet the standards
representative bureaucracy
the bureaucracy should represent the people who it serves
passive representation
demographics of the organization
active representation
those who defend the interests of the groups they represent
