American Government › Section O · The bureaucracy › Topic O.3
Types of bureaucracies
The Pentagon, NASA, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Amtrak are all federal bureaucracies, yet they are built and controlled in very different ways. This topic looks first at three theories of how bureaucracies behave, then at the four main types of federal organisation.
In this topic
- Explaining bureaucratic behaviour
- The Weberian model
- The acquisitive model
- The monopolistic model
- Worked example: applying the models
- Cabinet departments
- Independent executive agencies
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Government corporations
- Worked example: classifying agencies
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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