U.S. Federal Bureaucracy and Public Policy Worksheet

  

Part 1 Matrix:

Complete each section of the matrix below. Include APA citations for all borrowed ideas, facts, or definitions.

  

Terms

What does this term mean?

How or why is this term important with respect to the U.S. Federal   Bureaucracy and the public policy process?

 

Civil Service

 

The “Spoils System”

 

The “Merit System”

 

The Hatch Act

 

Administrative Discretion

 

Policy Implementation

 

Oversight Controls

 

Interest Groups

 

Economic Policy

 

The “New Deal”

 

The “Great Society”

 

Social Policy

 

Foreign and Defense Policy

Part 2 Essay:

Write a 525- to 700-word response below that responds to the following question: 

How does the U.S. Federal bureaucracy influence, operate, and function with respect to implementing economic, social, and foreign policy?

Include APA citations for all borrowed ideas, facts, or definitions.