Political Science 2244E Study Guide - Final Guide: Competitive Service, Red Tape, Excepted Service

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2244E
• Professor: P Ferguson

Document Summary

Bureaucracy: large, complex organization composed of appointed officials. Hierarchical organizations: as you move up, more specialized people and more intense management. Division of labour people get more specialized and things are more efficient. Necessary to implement public policy : division of labour, coordinate experts on complex task, accomplish unimaginably difficult tasks, insulate programs from predators . Functions shared across federal levels (iron triangles: agencies(bureaucracies), congressional committees, and interest groups) Adversary culture (courts: the actions of bureaucrats are often fought in court. Scope little public ownerships of corporations, but high degree of public regulation. Efficiency: private corporations do private work, contract out, hiring people who are knowledgeable but also have other loyalties not to government, want to fund less federal employees. Black water: private security firms that are hired by the government (military), less red tape. Patronage (19th century and early 20th centuries: passing out offices to courier political favour. Significant indirect growth (13m, 1+3: growth in discretionary authority.