Slides

1. POL 205
Spring 2020

11.  Hierarchy
 Chain of command
 Specialization
 Tasks are divided
 Explicit Rules
 Personal discretion limit
 Standardization, Predictability
 Merit
 Objective criteria for hiring, etc.
Max Weber

13.  #1: Implementation (Administrator)
 How will congressional laws be implemented?
 #2: Regulation (Rule Maker)
 What rules will govern implementation?
 #3: Adjudication (Judge)
 What happens if someone breaks rules?

15.  Influenced by congressional preferences,
political loyalty, and electoral support
 “To the victor go the spoils”
 Example: Jackson and Bank Funds
 Treasury secretaries who would
not remove funding were fired.

16. GARFIELD ASSASSINATION PENDLETON ACT (1883)
 Signed into law by Arthur
 Civil Service Commission
 Beginning of merit system for
hiring in federal bureaucracy

18.  Interstate Commerce Act (1887)
 Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
 Meat Inspection Act (1906)
 Federal Reserve Act (1914

19.  Hatch Act (1939)
 FDR and the New Deal
 Civil service employees and political campaigns
 Sunshine and Sunset Laws
 Sunshine: Open Meetings
 Sunset:Timetable for Legislation

21. Interest Group
AARP
Congressional
Committee
Select Committee
on Aging
Bureaucratic
Agency
Social Security
Administration