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Ch. 12 Vocab. Gov.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bureaucracy | Departments, agencies, and offices that perform the function of government |
| chain of command | Hierarchical structure of authority in which command flows downward |
| division of labor | Division of work |
| implementation | bureaucracy carrying out the legislation passed by congress |
| regulation | formal rules for implementing legislation |
| adjudication | deciding whether or not someone has complied with government law |
| spoils system | Basing government employees based upon party loyalty |
| merit system | Selection of officials based upon competency |
| whistle-blowers | Employees who expose something negative in governent |
| fiscal year | yearly government accounting period |
| capture theory of regulation | the process by which regulatory agencies eventually come to be dominated by the very industries they were charged with regulating. |
| deregulation | the process of removing or reducing state regulations |