Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: No Surprises, Spoils System, Public Administration
16 Mar 2017
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Public institution that is more durable than the person holding that position: merit-based recruitment advancement. Best possible people working in that position. How to establish merit: division of labor. You know when/how to get a promotion. Bureaucratic functions: power in the office, administration yes, (cid:271)ut . Agenda setting and policy advance: policy advice what politicians know matters, articulating interests clientelism too far, political stability even with spoils system. Variety in bureaucracy: not every bureaucracy is the same: Us decentralization, spoils system: not every bureaucrat is the same: Specialists (identify people who already are qualified) Generalists (britain and canada just hire generally bright people) Evolution of bureaucracy: 20th century (cid:373)assi(cid:448)e gro(cid:449)th i(cid:374) . Administrative capacity: late 20th/early 21st centuries new public management. Contracting out in toronto, at least half the city is cleaned by a private garbage company. Quangos semipublic administrative body outside the civil service but receiving financial support from the government, which makes senior appointments to it.
