POL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: John Boehner, Politics Of The United States
Document Summary
Role of federal bureaucracy: bureaucracy as an administrator. Implement laws passed by congress: bureaucracy as rule maker. Who are the federal bureaucrats: rank-and-file members of agencies and departments; not departments or agency heads, usually reflect public accurately, countless employees because we have more than 500 bureaucratic entities in the united states. Politics inside the bureau: bureaucratic culture: the accepted values and procedures of an organization, policy commitment. Believe agency"s issue is most crucial facing country: bureaucrats speak bureaucratese and defer to authority. I got an a in edhe okay, well what the hell is that : specialization and expertise. Know more about policy than politicians and public: identity with agency. Committed to and protective of agency: consequences of bureaucratic culture. Positive commitment helps agency to make policy. Negative: resistant to suggestions of change, even to the extent of covering up problems- challenger disaster. Whistle blowers are often the only check against these negatives.
