These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. !!! Lecture 17 The Bureaucracy and interest groups Bureaucracy • We!associate!a!few!characteristics!with!bureaucracy!• Hierarchical!Organization!!!• Positions!differ!in!their!relative!amount!of!power!!• The!“org!chart”!!• Those!at!the!top!have!more!authority!than!those!at!the!bottom!• Specialization!!!• The!benefits!of!division!of!labor!• Bureau!is!organized!around!specific!tasks!• Rule!Making!Authority!!• Internal!Rules!!• Those!at!the!top!of!the!pyramid!make!the!rules!• formal!rules!of!procedure!• informal!rules!and!norms!of!day!to!day!operations!• External!Rules!• Departments!and!Agencies!• converts!legislation!into!regulations!• department!then!enforces!these!regulations! Bureaucratic!Authority!• Function!of!the!President!and!Congress!!o Create!bureaus!to!handle!certain!policy!functions!o Pass!legislation!telling!the!bureaus!what!to!do!o Appoint!leaders!to!run!the!bureau!!o Pass!an!annual!budget!that!fund!bureau!activities!o Oversee!bureau!actions!to!ensure!compliance! Bureaucratic!Goals!!!!!!!!!!POLS!1113!!! !• Goals!of!the!Bureaus!!o Different!than!those!of!the!Executive!or!Congress!§ Expansion!of!Authority!§ Expansion!of!Budget!§ Greater!numbers!of!Employees!§ No!profit!maximization!goals! Modern!Appointment!Process!• Number!of!appointed!officials!has!since!declined!o Positions!placed!under!Civil!Service!standards!o Roughly!3%!of!government!officials!are!appointed!§ The!top!of!the!pyramid!o The!rest!are!professional!bureaucrats!§ Carry!over!from!administration!to!administration!o Top!3%!attempts!to!control!the!actions!of!the!other!97%!§ Makes!it!difficult!to!effectively!change!the!direction!of!policy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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