Sociology SOC-R 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Civil Service Retirement System, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, Merit System
21 Feb 2017
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Federal bureaucracy = the thousands of federal government agencies and institutions that implements and administer federal laws and programs. In 1789, three executive departments existed under the articles of confederation, Spoils system = an executives ability to fire public-office holders of the defeated political party and replace them with the newly elected party. Patronage = jobs, grants or other special favors given as rewards to friends and political allies for their support. Merit system = a system of employment based on qualifications, test scores, and ability rather than loyalty: james a garfield, this did not pass through congress. Pendleton act = reform measure that established the principle of federal employment on the bases of open, competitive exams and created the civil. Service commission: also knows as a the civil service reform act, passed in 1883. Civil service system = the merit system by which many federal bureaucrats are selected.
