GOV 120 Chapter 1: Gov_120_-_Textbook_no_8
Jack Warner
Government 120 - American Government
Textbook
Fall 2017
GE
• 5 things to consider
• hierarchy- people at the bottom report to those above and there is a clear chainof
demand
• division of labor- tasks are divided
• fixed routines
• equal rules for all
• technical qualifications- people get their jobs based on their skills and
qualifications
• The Myth of Bureaucratic Incompetence
• efficiency
• responsiveness
• public policy reflects citizen demands
• Who Are the Bureaucrats
• 2.8 million non elected civilian federal employees working full and part time in the US
and abroad
• another 1.4 million work for the national gov on active duty
• What Do Federal Bureaucrats Do?
• the primary role of the national bureaucracy is to implement the policies of the
federal gov
• in many cases, they implement the policies
• The Bureaucracy
• cabinet appointments (political appointees)
• primary purpose of 2nd CC- push for independence- rally 13 colonies around a single
clause
• dec of ind- 1776- statement of principles and grievances
• articles of confederation- 1777- created first stab at national gov (failed)
• get the name the United States of America
