Public Administration

Question 1

privy council

Answer 1

advises the executive

Question 2

public adminstration

Answer 2

study of the managerial practices as to how officials enact policy

Question 3

politics

Answer 3

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

Question 4

authority

Answer 4

someones power to make decisions

Question 5

coericion

Answer 5

expression of power over someone else

Question 6

3 types of authority

Answer 6

traditional (long established) charismatic (exceptional personal qualities) legal rational (rules aand legal status)

Question 7

power

Answer 7

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

Question 8

negative power

Answer 8

restricts someone from doing something

Question 9

positive power

Answer 9

“empowers” someone to do something

Question 10

the state

Answer 10

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

Question 11

difference between state and nation

Answer 11

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

Question 12

nation state

Answer 12

a state of one nation of people

Question 13

government

Answer 13

institution with formal and informal rules

Question 14

representative democracy

Answer 14

democracy made by elected representative

Question 15

democracy

Answer 15

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

Question 16

government output

Answer 16

building things like highways

Question 17

high competition, high participation

Answer 17

polyarchy

Question 18

high competition, low participation

Answer 18

oligarchy

Question 19

low competition, high participation

Answer 19

open hegemony

Question 20

low competition, low participation

Answer 20

closed hegemony

Question 21

democratic legislators represent

Answer 21

the wants of their individual constitiuents

Question 22

principal agent relationship

Answer 22

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

Question 23

representation as trustee

Answer 23

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

Question 24

government doesnt act

Answer 24

people act

Question 25

thin democracy

Answer 25

elected officials but the public is only heard during elections

Question 26

thick democracy

Answer 26

elected officials are still ruled by the people

Question 27

consultant lobbyist

Answer 27

lobbyist for hire

Question 28

in-house lobbyist

Answer 28

company employee

Question 29

ideal weberian hierarchy

Answer 29

hierarchy
continuity
impersonality
expertise
distinction between person and office

Question 30

empirical statement

Answer 30

describes the world as it is

Question 31

normative statement

Answer 31

describes how the world should be

Question 32

NPM

Answer 32

New Public Management: policies of Thatcher and Reagen

Question 33

NPG

Question 34

brokerage party

Answer 34

catch all party

Question 35

central agencies (who and what)

Answer 35

main departments that support the government’s policy (treasury board secretariat 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 is partisan

Question 36

government agencies and alternative service delivery

Answer 36

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

Question 37

crown corporations

Answer 37

acts as government companies (CBC, BC Hydro)

Question 38

regulatory agencies

Answer 38

keep us safe (health canada)

Question 39

spoil system

Answer 39

public servants were politically appointed which was bad

Question 40

formal politicization

Answer 40

politics directly into bureaucracy

Question 41

functional politicization

Answer 41

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

Question 42

administrative politicization

Answer 42

partisan advisors can limit bureaucrats access to ministers