POLI 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Civil Service Retirement System, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Dissent Channel
The Bureaucracy
Is the bureaucracy really that bad?
What is bureaucracy?
-Bureaucracy are large, complex organizations in which employees have specific job
responsibilities and work within a hierarchy of authority.
Why is bureaucracy important?
-Without bureaucracy, very few of the things government is supposed to do would get done.
-Bureaucrats have discretion in how they implement laws.
Got Bureaucracy
-When people were asked whether they had ever used a government program, 57% said no.
-Respondents were then asked whether they had used any 21 different federal policies, including
Social Security, unemployment insurance, and student loans.
-94% of those who had denied using programs had benefited from at least one; the average
respondent had used four.
Development of the Bureaucratic State
-Government at all levels grew enormously during the 20th century.
-Why?
-Society has become increasingly complex and that
-The public’s attitude towards the role of government has changed.
What does the federal bureaucracy look like?
-Over 180 agencies within the executive branch
-Cabinet departments
-Independent agencies
-Regulatory commissions
-Government corporations
Cabinet Departments
-Agriculture
-Commerce
-Defense
-Energy
-Health and Human Services
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Document Summary
Bureaucracy are large, complex organizations in which employees have specific job responsibilities and work within a hierarchy of authority. Without bureaucracy, very few of the things government is supposed to do would get done. Bureaucrats have discretion in how they implement laws. When people were asked whether they had ever used a government program, 57% said no. Respondents were then asked whether they had used any 21 different federal policies, including. 94% of those who had denied using programs had benefited from at least one; the average respondent had used four. Government at all levels grew enormously during the 20th century. The public"s attitude towards the role of government has changed. Over 180 agencies within the executive branch. Absorbed the ins(immigration and naturalization service) and created. Agency heads appointed by the president and report to him or her. Established to regulate some aspect of the nation"s economy. Board members serve fixed terms, cannot be removed by president.
