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Bureaucracy Basics: Crash Course U.S. Government #15

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1. A bureaucracy is a complex _____________ of offices,

tasks, rules, and principles of _____________________

that are employed by all large scale institutions to

__________________ the work of their personnel.

a. In what ways are bureaucracies efficient?

i. What are some specific functions

bureaucracies fulfill?

b. The big concern with bureaucracies is the

__________________________________________,

which is the idea that power is divided between three

branches of government.

i. Bureaucracies don’t just enforce the rules; they make new ones called ______________________.

c. Many low level bureaucratic positions are filled through competitive exam-based __________________________________________________________ which are supposed to ensure a level of expertise and take politics out of the staffing process.

d. The first reason we keep bureaucracies is

because bureaucracies are ___________.

e. What is one of the reasons we have so many

bureaucracies?

f. Why is it difficult to change a bureaucracy?

g. What are some examples of bureaucrats you

meet in your daily life?

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