POL 2104 Lecture Notes - Spoils System, Ideal Type

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2104
• Professor: Joseph Roman

Document Summary

Bureaucracies: what are bureaucracies, what do bureaucracies do, hoe polfjdslkaf;j happens, structure of public policy, the internationalization of public policy. Weber= many bureaucracy knowledge dudue: most of his work was concerned with modernity, obsessed with notionas of rationality, lists what bureaucracies are . Composed of salary professionals who are appointed. Involve book keeping (paper trail: this is an ideal type (a way to organize our knowledge (a pure model), not a good way to determine whether or not it is well run. Historically bureaucracies were not composed of professional salaried officials. Largely organized around the spoils system: if your party won the election you were part of the bureaucracy, in order to get a job in civil service, you had to be part of the winning party. Decisions can"t be made based on loyalties: with salary comes the issue of corruption if one salary is dependant on the ruler than that just isn"t gunna go well.