ECON 3650 Study Guide - Final Guide: Federal Communications Commission, Complex System, Franklin D. Roosevelt
11 Nov 2020
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Lecture 3 the us government institutions and policy actors. How does our government impact policy making: our form of government, government institutions. Gridlock can occur among three branches of the government policy gridlock. The nature of us government creates difficulties in public policy making. People like some of government services, and complain about other services. If one person likes one service, the other may dislike it. Government today is much larger than it was at the nation"s founding. It also affects people"s lives more than it did in the past. Original us government -13 states, 65 congressmen, 26 senators, 3 cabinet departments (war, treasury, and foreign affairs), later justice department. Today 15 departments, congress consists of 100 senators, and 435 house representatives, numerous bureaus and departments, and 2. 7 civilian federal employees. In recent times, though the number of civilian employees has not increased, the number of federal contractors has increased. Thus, it hides the true size of the government.
