American Democracy Now, 2nd Edition (Harrison)Chapter 13:
The BureaucracyChapter Outline
- Bureaucrats and Bureaucracy
- Who Are the Bureaucrats?
- Bureaucracy: An Organizational Structure
- Federal Bureaucrats
- Political Appointees
- Civil Servants
- Open Competition and Competence
- Political Neutrality
- Civil Service Reform Act (1978)
- Unionized Civil Servants
- The Senior Executive Service
- State, Local, and Shadow Bureaucrats
- The Evolution and Organization of the Federal Bureaucracy
- Departments
- Independent Administrative Agencies
- Independent Regulatory Commissions
- Government Corporations
- Executive Office of the President
- Hybrids
- Federal Bureaucrats' Roles in Public Policy
- Agenda Setting
- Policy Formulation
- Policy Approval
- Resource Allocation
- Policy Implementation
- Policy Evaluation
- Federal Bureaucratic Accountability
- Accountability to the People
- Accountability to the Courts
- Accountability to Congress
- Accountability to the President
- Internal Accountability
- Codes of Behavior and the Ethics in Government Act
- Whistle-Blower Protections and Inspectors General
- Can Bureaucratic Performance Be Improved?
- The Best-Performing Bureaucracies
- Does Contracting-Out Improve Performance?
- Citizens' Role in Bureaucratic Performance
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