POLS 201 EXAM 2: Chapter 12- Bureaucracy

The system of civil servants and political appointees who implement congressional or presidential decisions; also known as the administrative.

Employees of bureaucratic agencies within the government.

People selected by an elected leader, such as the president, to hold a government position.

A rule that allows the government to exercise control over individuals and corporations by restricting certain behaviors.

A step in the rule-making process in which proposed rules are published in the Federal register and made available for debate by the general public.

Agency employees who directly provide services to the public, such as those who provide job-training services.

The knowledge, personnel, and institutions that the government requires to effectively implement policies.

Excessive or unnecessarily complex regulations imposed by the bureaucracy.

Rules that lower-level bureaucrats must follow when implementing policies.

A difficulty faced by elected officials in ensuring that when bureaucrats implement policies, they follow these officials intentions but still have enough discretion to use their expertise.

A situation in which bureaucrats favor the interests of the groups or corporations they are supposed to regulate at the expense of the general public.

The idea, credited to theorist Max Weber, that suggests bureaucrats should provide expertise without the influence of elected officials, interest groups, or their own political agendas.

Government offices or organizations that provide government services are are not part of an executive department.

Bureaucrats who seek to increase funding for their agency whether or not that additional spending is worthwhile.

Bureaucrats' tendency to implement policies in a way that favors their own political objectives rather than following the original intentions of the legislation.