AP Bureaucracy Flashcards

11783493727	President & Congress	Share political authority over the bureaucracy	0
11783528194	Congress	Influences the Federal Bureaucracy by approving Presidential appointments, creating agencies, authorizing funds, & holding investigations	1
11783574119	Constraints on the Bureaucracy	Red Tape, Divided Government, Implementation	2
11783593825	President	Influences the Federal Bureaucracy by appointing cabinet members, executive orders, creates the budget, & reorganizes agencies	3
11783660015	Bureaucracy	Large, complex organization of appointed, not elected officials	4
11783688667	Merit Principle	Hiring and promotion based on qualities, no jobs for favors	5
11783712703	Modern Bureaucracy	1932-1945 New Deal, WWII, increase in programs and government work	6
11784005487	Iron Triangles	A mutually dependent relationship between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees. They dominate some areas of domestic policymaking.	7
11784056114	Iron Triangle Example	House & Senate agriculture subcommittee, Department of Agriculture, & Tobacco farmer Interest group (Keep Tobacco=Keep Jobs)	8
11784100056	Patronage	Rewarding supporters with jobs	9
11784136767	Pendleton Act	Created in response to criticism of patronage, more jobs will be selected based on merit	10
11784168270	Hatch Act	Agency employees can't participate in political activities (elections, campaigns, fundraisers, act.)	11
11784199139	Red Tape	Maze of government rules, regulations, and paperwork that makes government overwhelming to citizens	12
11784209898	Conflict	Agencies often work toward opposite goals	13
11784217573	Duplication	Agencies appear to do the same thing, unchecked growth, agencies expand unnecessarily at high costs	14
11784239526	Waste	Spending more than necessary	15
11784249115	Lack of Accountability	Difficult to fire an incompetent bureaucrat	16