POS 2041 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, Bureaucracy, Spoils System
27 Aug 2016
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Large, complex organizations in which employees have very specific job responsibilities and work within a hierarchy of authority o. The job of a bureaucrat is to implement government policy, to take the laws and decisions made by elected officials and put them into practice. o. Some bureaucrats implement policy by writing rules and regulations, whereas others administer policies directly to people. Constitutional basis: article ii, section 2, of the constitution gives the president the power to appoint all other officers of the united. Bureaucrats: americans hate bureaucracy but like bureaucrats, federal bureaucracy decreasing (3% of all civilian jobs) Only 12% work in dc: number of gov. jobs expanding at state level (9%) Po, social security, air traffic controllers, irs, fbi in the field. Growth over time: spoils system pendleton civil service act 1883 hatch act progressive era world wars new deal great. Society deregulation/devolution: the federal bureaucracy was small throughout much of american history.
