Government Congress Quiz Part 2

An organization characterized by hierarchical structure, worker specialization, explicit rules, and advancement by merit

The principle that bureaucracy should be depoliticized by making it more professional

The principle that bureaucratic employees should be answerable for their performance to supervisors, all the way up the chain of command

The complex procedures and regulations surrounding bureaucratic activity

The nineteenth-century practice of firing government workers of a defeated party and replacing them with loyalist if the victorious party

A system in which a successful candidate rewards friends, contributors, and party loyalists for their support with jobs, contracts, and favors

Nonmilitary employees of the government who are appointed through the merit system

The 1883 civil service reform that required the hiring and promoting of civil servants to be based on merit, not patronage

The 1939 law that limited the political involvement of civil servants to protect them from political pressure and keep politics out of the bureaucracy

Groups of citizens whose interests are affected by an agency or a department and who work to influence its policies