What's the Bureaucracy?
The Bureaucracy's' Relevance Government
Can I Get a Definition?
The bureaucracy is the system of managing the government through many departments which are ran by appointed officials.
A man named MAX WEBER understood the bureaucracy to be the DRIVING FORCE IN MODERN SOCIETY. The facts below will tell you just why he may have believed that theory to be true.
They're Just People Okay...
People working for the bureaucracy- called Bureaucrats- are simply people like you and me. Yeah, we don't all work for the government like they do, by in reality, they're just regular people. They are people that focus on their professional job, take care of business, just like we would. The only difference is, unlike us, bureaucrats are VERY HARD TO FIRE.
There Are Different Agencies Within the Bureaucracy
CABINET DEPARTMENT: these bureaucrats report directly to the president
REGULATORY COMMISSIONS: they oversee different areas concerning the economy
GOVERNMENT CORPORATION: these bureaucrats provide low cost services that could be provided by private companies but at a higher price.
INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE AGENCIES: perform various other specific functions
Policy. Policy. Policy.
IMPLEMENTING: Policy-makers are the people the well..make policy, but they do not implement it to the people; bureaucrats do. The bureaucracy is often referred to as the fourth branch of government.
ADMINISTERING: The bureaucracy creates procedures in order to administer implementation. With administration and procedure, the way implementation goes about may get a little shaky. Bureaucrats have a lot of individual discretion and that's not always a good thing.
Can You Wrap Your Head Around It All?
It Really Is Difficult to Understand
The Bureaucracy is filled with tons of agencies and policies and people and just STUFF! It is very hard to control due to it's administering discretion, the fact that the bureaucracy implements the policies made, and because if iron triangles. The Bureaucracy is truly a crazy thing, a ginormous group that is misunderstood greatly by us Americans; but the role that the Bureaucracy plays in our everyday life is just as big.