After reading Chapter 14,
the Cathedral student should be able to:
Identify common "myths" that
surround the bureaucracy and either justify or refute them.
Determine if the permanent bureaucracy
is broadly representative of the American people.
Trace the development of the
American bureaucracy from the spoils system" to the "merit system."
Explain the two basic procedures
through which most federal bureaucrats obtain their jobs.
Identify and describe several
theories of the functions and organization of bureaucracies.
Describe the functions of the
four basic types of federal agencies: cabinet departments, regulatory agencies,
government corporations, and independent executive agencies.
Analyze the "capture"
theory of regulation.
Understand what the textbook
means when it says that bureaucracies are essentially implementors
of policy.
Identify common causes of why
implementation of policy can break down.
Determine the importance of
administrative routine and administrative discretion.
Examine the conditions that
are necessary for policy implementation to be effective.
Contrast command-and-control
policy of government regulation with an incentive system of
regulation.
Evaluate the effects that the
movement toward deregulation has on the American economy.
Determine how presidents try
to control the bureaucracy and how Congress tries to control the bureaucracy.
Investigate the importance of
iron triangles and issue networks.
Determine the relationship between
democratic theory and the operations of bureaucracies.
Chief,
I acknowledge that I have
reviewed the above Learning Objectives for Chapter 14, "Justice."
