American Government › Section O · The bureaucracy › Topic O.1
Bureaucracy and public administration
Congress passes a law and the president signs it, but someone still has to send the cheques, inspect the meat and forecast the storm. That someone is the bureaucracy, and how it grew from a few hundred clerks into a workforce of millions is one of the great stories of American government.
In this topic
- What a bureaucracy is
- Public and private organisations
- A small start
- The spoils system
- Industry, regulation and a new science
- Worked example: one storm, many agencies
- The New Deal and the Second World War
- The Great Society and after
- Worked example: measuring a recent cut
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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