Public Administration

Question 1

public adminstration

Answer 1

study of the managerial practices as to how officials enact policy

Question 2

politics

Answer 2

who gets what, when, and how (distributing resources amongst conflicting parties)

Question 3

authority

Answer 3

someones power to make decisions

Question 4

coericion

Answer 4

expression of power over someone else

Question 5

Weber’s 3 types of authority

Answer 5

traditional, charismatic, legal rational

Question 6

power

Answer 6

when actors make another actor behave in a way they would not otherwise

Question 7

negative power

Answer 7

restricts someone from doing something

Question 8

positive power

Answer 8

“empowers” someone to do something

Question 9

the state

Answer 9

institution exerting power over a population in a territory (guaranteed monopoly power)

Question 10

difference between state and nation

Answer 10

states are sovereign (country) nations are not (culture, grouping)

Question 11

nation state

Answer 11

a state of one nation of people

Question 12

government

Answer 12

institution with formal and informal rules

Question 13

representative democracy

Answer 13

democracy made by elected representative

Question 14

democracy

Answer 14

legitimacy of democratic governments based on “inputs” such as elections

Question 15

government output

Answer 15

building things like highways

Question 16

high competition, high participation

Answer 16

polyarchy

Question 17

high competition, low participation

Answer 17

oligarchy

Question 18

low competition, high participation

Answer 18

open hegemony

Question 19

low competition, low participation

Answer 19

closed hegemony

Question 20

democratic legislators represent

Answer 20

the wants of their individual constitiuents

Question 21

principal agent relationship

Answer 21

principal (people) push the agent (representative) to do something

Question 22

representation as trustee

Answer 22

elected officials act in the interest of the people but not directly dictated by the people

Question 23

government doesnt act

Answer 23

people act

Question 24

thin democracy

Answer 24

elected officials but the public is only heard during elections

Question 25

thick democracy

Answer 25

elected officials are still ruled by the people

Question 26

consultant lobbyist

Answer 26

lobbyist for hire

Question 27

in-house lobbyist

Answer 27

company employee

Question 28

ideal weberian hierarchy

Answer 28

hierarchy continuity impersonality expertise distinction between person and office

Question 29

empirical statement

Answer 29

describes the world as it is

Question 30

normative statement

Answer 30

describes how the world should be

Question 31

NPM

Answer 31

New Public Management: make the bureaucracy work more like a business

Question 32

NPG

Answer 32

New Political Governance: the change to make public servants more supportive of the current government

Question 33

brokerage party

Answer 33

catch all party

Question 34

central agencies (who)

Answer 34

main departments that support the government's policy (treasury board, finance, privy council, prime minister's office)

Question 35

government agencies and alternative service delivery

Answer 35

not directly under a minister but reports to a minister (space agency)

Question 36

crown corporations

Answer 36

acts as government companies (CBC, BC Hydro)

Question 37

regulatory agencies

Answer 37

keep us safe (health canada)

Question 38

spoil system

Answer 38

public servants were politically appointed which was bad

Question 39

formal politicization

Answer 39

politics directly into bureaucracy

Question 40

functional politicization

Answer 40

politics isnt directly in bureaucracy (formally) but it is there and created by the bureaucrats

Question 41

administrative politicization

Answer 41

partisan advisors can limit bureaucrats access to ministers

Question 42

treasury board

Answer 42

provides support to pm and ministries to people and economics

Question 43

finance

Answer 43

sets federal economic policies

Question 44

privy council

Answer 44

non partisan source off policy and administrative advice

Question 45

prime minister's office (PMO)

Answer 45

partisan advice

Question 46

traditional authority

Answer 46

long established

Question 47

charismatic authority

Answer 47

exceptional personal qualities

Question 48

legal rational authority

Answer 48

rules and legal statutes

Question 49

ideal weberian bureaucracy: hierarchy

Answer 49

each office has a clearly defined sphere of competence in a fixed hierarchy

Question 50

ideal weberian bureaucracy: continuity

Answer 50

full time work which constitutes a career

Question 51

ideal weberian bureaucracy: impersonality

Answer 51

behaviour based on predetermined written rules

Question 52

ideal weberian bureaucracy: expertise

Answer 52

personnel are selected based on merit

Question 53

ideal weberian bureaucracy: distinction between person and office

Answer 53

employees are well paid and dont use the position for personal gain

Question 54

difference between politics and administration

Answer 54

politics is based on elected officials who have objectives (what most be done) and have a normative view (how the world should be) administration is based on appointed public servants who make the means of realizing the objectives and have an empirical view (how the world is)

Question 55

HRM

Answer 55

Human resource management (management of people)

Question 56

internal turnover

Answer 56

moving within an organization

Question 57

external turnover

Answer 57

leaving an organization

Question 58

merit recruitment

Answer 58

hiring based off of expertise and abilities (actual hiring)

Question 59

relative merit

Answer 59

candidate qualifications compared to others

Question 59

merit principal

Answer 59

citizens should be able to be a part of public service and should be hired on merit (idea)

Question 60

individual merit

Answer 60

candidates ability to meet the standards

Question 61

representative bureaucracy

Answer 61

the bureaucracy should represent the people who it serves

Question 62

passive representation

Answer 62

demographics of the organization

Question 63

active representation

Answer 63

those who defend the interests of the groups they represent