Unit 6 Chapter 10, Sections 2-3

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Unit 6Chapter 10, Sections 2-3

• Civil Service System
• Bureaucracy at Work
• Mr. Young

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• Dilbert Management Book

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Section 2 Essential Question

• What are the similarities/differe-nces between
  the Civil Service System and the Spoils System?

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Spoils System

• Victorious politicians rewarding their followers
  with government jobs
• To the victor goes the spoils.
• Needed to rotate people in office, could cause
  tyranny if in office too long
• Inefficiency and corruption grew
• Needed experts in key positions, but were filled
  with family or friends instead

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Civil Service System

• Practice of Government employment on the basis of
  open, competitive examination and merit
• Created when Congress passed the Pendleton Act in
  1883
• Have helped increase competition and allowed
  qualified people to be in charge
• Impossible to fire someone, easier to promote
  them to something different

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Similarities in the two

• People are given special preference (veterans)
  (family and supporters)
• Incompetent people in both scenarios
• When it comes to hiring/firing people, go from
  one extreme to the next

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Section 3 Essential Question

• How do you think that the Iron Triangle affects
  the way Congress functions as a corporate body?

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Bureaucracy at Work

• Public Policy- whatever action the government
  decides to take (or not to take)
• In theory, bureaucrats only carry out policy
  decisions
• In practice, bureaucrats help make policies

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5 ways they influence policies

• Issue rules and regulations that put law into
  motion
• More than 50,000 pages of agency regulations are
  filed a year
• Draft new bills for Congress, testify about
  legislation, provide lawmakers with technical
  info

• 4. Decide disputes over application of laws or a
  set of rules (act like courts)
• 5. Provide advice to top political decisions

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5 reasons why Bureaucracy makes Policies

1. As the nation grows, government needs to grow to
   meet its needs
2. As international crisis emerge, so does the
   bureaucracy (Homeland Security)
3. As the economy gets worse, some believe the FG is
   responsible to help those that are less fortunate

• 4. Citizen demand through client groups
  (individuals or groups who work with the agency
  and are most affected by its decisions)
• 5. Federal Bureaucracies almost never die once
  they are created for a specific need

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Iron Triangle

• A small and informal but relatively stable group
  of government agencies, congressional committees,
  and interest groups who seek to promote policies
  beneficial to a particular interest

• For Example
• Department of Veteran Affairs (bureaucrats)
• Veterans affairs committee in Congress
  (legislators)
• Veterans groups such as American Legion
  (lobbyists/interest groups)

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Iron Triangle
When these groups work together to make public
policy.
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