POL 206 - Exam 1 With Questions And Answers Graded A+
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POL 206
Institution
POL 206
Senate - ️️-100 senators
-must be at least 30 years old
-equal representation for states
-six year terms
House of Representatives - ️️-435 members
-must be at least 25 years old
-states with largest populations have most representation
-two year terms
Woodrow Wilson - ️️-public ...
POL 206 - Exam 1
Senate - ✔️✔️-100 senators
-must be at least 30 years old
-equal representation for states
-six year terms
House of Representatives - ✔️✔️-435 members
-must be at least 25 years old
-states with largest populations have most representation
-two year terms
Woodrow Wilson - ✔️✔️-public admin as an academic field
"Administration is a unitary process that can be studied uniformally at the federal, state,
and local levels."
-basis for study is management not law
-admin is still an art but the ideal of transformation to science is both feasible and
worthwhile
-admin has become and will continue to be the heart of the problem in modern
government
Political definition of public administration - ✔️✔️-what government is
-both direct and indirect
-phase in the public policy-making cycle
-implementing public interest
-doing collectively what cannot be done so well individually
Legal definition of public administration - ✔️✔️-law in action
-regulation
-King's Largesse
-theft
Managerial definition of public administration - ✔️✔️-executive function of government
-management specialty
-Mickey Mouse
-art, science, craft?
Occupational definition of public administration - ✔️✔️-essay contest
-idealism in action
-academic field
-PROFESSION
, The scope of public administration - ✔️✔️-constraining and enabling the public
-achieves the centralization of power through decentralized governmental functions
Is U.S. democracy a myth? - ✔️✔️-a question
-do democratic institutions lack accountability
-American middle class discontent (increasing burdens and diminishing benefits)
-challenges of a two-party system (prevents coming up with alternative options; limits
what people think can be changed); not pragmatic or flexible
The Constitution - ✔️✔️the supreme law of the land
Public Administration - ✔️✔️Broadly refers to the development, implementation, and
study of branches of government policy
Preamble - ✔️✔️-in the Constitution
-states government is based on the consent of the people
Bill of Rights - ✔️✔️-first 10 amendments to the constitution
Branches of Government - ✔️✔️executive, legislative, judicial
Legislative Branch - ✔️✔️-Congress (House of Representatives and Senate)
Executive Branch - ✔️✔️-headed by the President
-commander in chief of the armed forces
President - ✔️✔️-must be at least 35 years old
-four year terms; up to two terms
-must be citizen born in US
-commander in chief
Judicial Branch - ✔️✔️-Supreme Court heads this branch
-Justices are nominated by the President and approved by Senate
-9 SC justices
Checks and balances - ✔️✔️A system that allows each branch of government to limit
the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
-examples: presidential veto, impeachment, judicial review
Federalism - ✔️✔️A system in which power is divided between the national and state
governments; state law cannot contradict federal law
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