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gov ch 7 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bureaucracy | The departments and agencies within the executive branch that carry out the laws of the nation bureaucrats employed by these implements enumerated powers of the other branches |
| political patronage | filing of administrative positions as a reward for support, rather than solely on merit. |
| Pendleton Act | an act of congress that created the first United States Civil Service Commision to draw up and enforce rules on hiring, promotion, and tenure of office within the civil service |
| Federal Civil Service | The merit based bureaucracy, excluding the armed forces and political appointments |
| Merit system | a system of hiring and promotion based on competitive testing results, education and other qualifications rather than politics and personal connections |
| Iron triangles | Coordinated and mutually beneficial activities of the bureaucracy, Congress, and interest groups to achieve shared policy goals. |
| issue network | Webs of influence between interest groups, policymakers, and policy advocates. |
| pyramid role | Executive political appointees serve at the top senior executive service career civil servants, serve at bottom (cant be fired) |
| bureaucratic discretion | The power to decide how a law is implemented and what Congress meant when it passed the law. |
| regulation | The process through which the federal bureaucracy makes rules that have the force of law, to carry out the laws passed by congress |
| Bureaucratic adjudication | When the federal bureaucracy settles disputes between parties that arise over the implementation of federal laws or determines which individuals or groups are covered under a regulation or program. |
| agency capture | When a regulatory agency is heavily influenced, controlled, or dominated by the industry it is supposed to be regulating, rather than the public interest. |
| Describe a check that the president has on the bureaucracy | oversees the bureaucracy Can appoint and remove members of the Bureaucracy, creates annual budget with congressional approval and can reorganize agencies, executive orders |
| Describe a check that congress has on the bureaucracy | Congress can pass legislation that can create or terminate agencies and programs control over resources that departments and agencies get Legislative oversight Power of the purse over the bureaucracies Confirming top officials of the bureaucracies |
| Describe a check that federal courts have on the bureaucracy | Decisions by the federal judiciary may restrict bureaucracies and their actions. judicial reveiw |
| describe steps of bureaucracy policymaking | define the problem get on congress's agenda forming and adopting policy budgeting implementing evaluating terminating/revising |
| How does the federal bureaucracy carry out the responsibilities of government? | by implementing laws passed by congress, writing regulations that clarify those laws and enforcing the rules and policies in their jurisdiction. They ensure through all of this that federal laws function in everyday life. |
| How does the federal bureaucracy use its authority to create and implement regulations? | through rulemaking and enforcement authority. are able to write regulations of a law, implement laws by creating procedures, and overseeing. They enforce rules. This all helps them turn broad laws into working public policy. |
| an Iron Triangle consists of three members with each acting as a “faction.” How might such an arrangement work against the “common good” or interests of society? | each faction is trying to seek their own advantages. can cause policies to be created that only benefit a small interest group instead of the public as a whole. Congressional committees often support these groups to gain political benefits. |
| implementation | put laws and policies, made by elected officials, into practical action through detailed rules, regulations, and procedures, often using their expertise and discretion to manage complex tasks and deliver public services, despite potential issues |
| What are the dangers in allowing an unelected bureaucracy to make rules and adjudicate whether or not those rules have been broken | bureaucrats hold a lot of power and without the accountability of voters it could be bad. They can use discretion to favor certain interests and interpret laws in ways that reflect agency priorities rather than the public |
| how may a “civil service” act to legitimize the bureaucracy? | Civil service helps ensure government employees are hired and promoted based on merit qualifications and exams rather than political connections. This creates a professional non partisan system that is consistent and fair and the public can trust. |
| what do the other parts of the iron triangle provide/ receive from congress | IG- electoral support/policy expertise to congress, receive favorable legislation and funding towards an agency they support. B- policy implementation, support/expertise, They receive legislation, funding and budget increases. |
| what do the other parts of the iron triangle provide/ receive from interest groups | C- desired legislation, reduced oversight. receive campaign support, info about their certain industry, electoral support. B- favorable regulation, contracts, favorable oversight. receive lobbying on the behalf of their agency, info about the industry. |
| what do the other parts of the iron triangle provide/ receive from the bureaucracy? | C- funding and oversight to the bureaucracy. they receive laws/ policies they pass implemented in a favorable way IG- they lobby on behalf of the bureaucracy to representatives in Congress. receive implemented policies and oversight that they want. |
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