POSC150 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade, Progressive Era, Monetary Policy

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POSC150
• Professor: Jackson Zachary

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Incoherent organizaions: not a standard pyramid in hierarchy, built piecemeal, weaker central government iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. Divided control: two bosses, president, congress, federal courts also keep an eye on it, due to separaion of powers and checks and balances into it. Organizaion of execuive branch: departments, headed by cabinet level secretaries, carry out essenial government funcion. Independent regulatory commissions: bureaus and agencies c, government corporaion post oice, quasi-governmental organizaions federal reserve f, foundaions. Execuing programs and policies a: vague statues and direcive---discreion. Regulaing: congress gets powers to write rules giving power to execuive, too many rules. Implemening policy---consituional mandate: public safety, geing government of our backs. Adjudicaing: quasi-judicial proceeding, decisions have force of law, naional labor relaions board. Bureaucrats exercise tremendous discreions: bureaucrats are policy makers, but they are not elected. Merit services: compeiive civil service, spoil/patronage system x. xi. xii. xiii. xiv. xv. xvi, civil service act of 1883, oice of personal management.