Bureaucracy - State College Area School District



Bureaucracy

Essential Questions

What is the bureaucracy?

How does the bureaucracy affect our everyday lives?

Because of the size of the bureaucracy, is the US becoming “socialist”?

Focus Questions

1. What are Weber’s key factors in a bureaucracy?

2. How has the bureaucracy evolved over the years?

3. What is the significance of the Pendleton Act?

4. Why during times of crisis does the government grow? Why does it not contract when the crisis passes? Consider the Depression and 9/11.

5. What are the four types of agencies? Give examples of each.

6. What is the relationship of the Cabinet with the Executive and Legislative branches?

7. How was the Hatch Act a double edge sword?

8. What are Iron Triangles and how do they work? Are they good for Democracy?

9. What are Issue Networks and how do they differ from Iron Triangles?

10. What controls does the Legislative branch have over the Bureaucracy? Executive over the Bureaucracy, Judiciary over the Bureaucracy?

11. Where is the most power for each agency? Explain.

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