Chapter 8 Vocab

does not include all terms

federal bureaucracy

The thousands of federal government agencies institutions to implement and administer federal laws and programs

Max Weber

German

Spoils system

The firing a public office holders of a defeated political party to replace them with loyalist of the new elected party

Patronage

Jobs, grants, or other special favors are given as rewards to friends and political allies for their support

Merit system

The system of employment based on qualifications test, scores, and ability rather than party loyalty

Pendleton Act

Reform measure that established a principle of federal employment on the basis of open competitive exams, and created the civil service commission

16th amendment

National income tax

GI Bill

Provided college loans for returning veterans

Great society

Created by Lyndon B Johnson

Department of Homeland Security

Created after 911

Independent executive agencies

Governmental units that closely resemble a cabinet department, but have narrower areas or responsibility

Independent regulatory commission

An entity created by Congress outside a major executive department that regulates the specific interest

Government corporation

Businesses, established by Congress to perform functions that private businesses could provide

Hatch act

1939 act to prohibit civil servants from taking active rules and partisan campaigns

Interagency councils

Working groups created to facilitate coordination of policy, making an implementation across a host of governmental agencies

Administration discretion

Ability of bureaucrats to make choices, concerning the best way to implement, congressional or executive intentions

Rule making

A quasi legislative process, resulting in Regulations that have the characteristics of a legislative act

Administrative adjudication

A course judicial process in which bureaucratic agency sells disputes between two parties, similar to the way courts resolved disputes

Civil Service system

A merit system by which many federal bureaucrats are selected