GOVT 2306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Civil Service Retirement System, Jacksonian Democracy, Spoils System
8 Sep 2016
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Historically intentionally weak figures: framers of state consitutitons wanted authority invested in legislature. Lead their states: central political figures, chief executive. Evolution of expectations: executive representation, neutral competence, executive leadership. Evolution of expectations: executive representation (1830"s 1900) Issues graft corruption undemocratic practices inefficiencies: neutral competence (1900"s 1950"s) Reflected in the united states civil service system. Pass in 1883: states of ny and mass created their own in the same year. Increase in # of independent agencies and commissions. Limited accountability: executive leadership (1950"s present) Governors become chief executives in fact as well as name. What leads to a productive governor: according to sigelman and smith. Qualifications (general) **** not in the textbook: formal. All but 6 states set a minimum age requirement. Most require residency between 5 10 years. Most require us citizenship and elector qualification: informal. Anglo, wealthy, well-educated, protestant males: in a study of 933 between 1900-1997.
