Technocrats: A Bureaucratic Power That Aid Congress And The Government

Libya’s transition to a democracy will involve many steps, considering its current lack of any centralized government. A multidimensional approach including peacekeeping, nation building, and developmental assistance is likely to have the most success in repairing Libya’s government. Through close monitoring, the Libyan government could be a functioning democracy in as little as five years.

When looking into the ideas of political theorists it is important to the use of political concepts that may play an important role in what the theorists are suggesting and also how they may affect the relationship between to state and the individuals living within a state. The concepts that will be looked at within this essay are: power, authority and also accountability.

As mentioned before, getting a federal law passed takes more steps than a state or local law. A member of Congress must first introduce the bill. After the bill is introduced to Congress it is then referred to a committee or multiple committees. The committee that the bill is referred to depends on what committee has jurisdiction over the primary issue of the bill (Steps in Making a Bill a Law: The Federal Legislative Process). Sometimes the bill is referred to a subcommittee first. According to, “Steps in Making a Bill a Law: The Federal Legislative Process,” once referred to a committee, “The chairman of the Committee determines whether there will be a hearing on the bill and whether there will be ‘mark up’” (Steps in Making a Bill a Law: The Federal Legislative Process). A “mark up” is when members of the committee meet to offer changes that could be made to the bill. After changes are accepted or rejected, the chairman moves to vote the bill favorably out of committee then the entire body of the committee favorably reports out the bill (Steps in Making a Bill a Law: The Federal Legislative Process). The third step to making a bill a law is a committee report. In this step, the committee chairman’s staff writes a report of the bill. The report of the bill describes the intent of legislation, the bill’s legislative history, the impact the bill will have on existing laws and programs, and the position that the majority of the members of committee take on the bill (Steps

The frame work of limitations is mainly a recognition of how much power the enlightened bureaucrats, zemstvos, jurors, and the peace mediators had, but more importantly how much they did not have. Although what the enlightened bureaucrats fought for was far from what they ultimately succeeded in passing, it is important to resist calling the whole program a failure like what most pre-1991 historians did. The constraints under which they accomplishment any reforms were considerably. Likewise the zemstvos accomplished a number of social welfare programs (school, laying the foundation for the medical system, etc), however their accomplishments only become apparent when placed in the light of the little authority they truly had. The framework

Machine politicians were an influential factor to urban cities during the wave of immigration. During this era, immigrants were unfamiliar with the urban lifestyle and assimilation was strenuous. It is apparent that Machine politicians helped impoverished immigrants gain a sense of cohesion within a community. For instance, Machine politicians sponsored local events such as picnics, youth clubs, baseball teams, and choirs for immigrants to divert from pubs. This local party organization became an essential institution for the community. Likewise, Machine politicians represented working class Americans, mainly consisting of lower-class immigrants. These groups were supported politically by the machines, which served their interests and helped

In the book, Parenti mentions the relationship that lobbyist's have with Congress. Many of these political congressmen are representing the majority's vote because lobbyists are attempting to pursuade congressmen to adopt beliefs with items like salary produce. This is the practical science behind the policies that are passed in congress. Now, this is an example of what goes behind the scenes of how policies are passed in todays day of age. A policy that relates to this topic is the attempt to spur a clean revolution. Bill gates on the other hand used his profile to influence and propose public subsidies to lawmakers. This correalates with the attempt to pass a policy because figures that are powerful undermine the voices of the public.

After declaring themselves free from British rule in 1776, the American people sought out a way to protect themselves from future tyrannical monarchs as the nation continued to grow and develop. This led to the creation of the three branches of government, one of which is the United States Congress, in order to distribute power and ensure that the voice of the people is appropriately factored in legislative decisions. However, many have questioned whether this two hundred-year-old system still works today, as the number of citizens who trust the government steadily decreases. In his book How Congress Works and Why You Should Care, Lee Herbert Hamilton, a former member of the House of Representatives, addresses many common misconceptions that the general public has about the legislative branch. He reveals how much of an impact Congress makes in our everyday lives, acknowledging that though congressional system has a few flaws, it is one that functions well.

I disagree with Former Congressman Lee Hamilton when he said Congress is the most important link between the people and the national government because I believe the most important link between the American people and their national government is the media and not Congress. While Congress is essential, the congressman would not be able to completely do their jobs without the forms of communication which link them to the people. With advances in modern technology, it is easier than ever for the government to relay information to the people. Media has played a role in influencing the government starting at its formation. James Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison wrote a series of letters in hopes to sway the people in support of the ratification of the new constitution. This process continues to be practiced today as people are still able to write in letters to the editor and publish their opinions on other more modern forms of media. In this way, they are not only able to communicate with other people but also with members of their national government.

The fifth narrative “Street-Level Bureaucracy: The Critical Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats written by Michael Lipsky in 1980 whose ideas can be observed in the Reforming the Government School of though. The reading analyzed the significance of the actions of public workers to determine discretionary judgement when delivering services to the public. Government workers are the face of the government and the representation of the conditions of policy to the people. The problem that government workers face is the constant changed in policies and procedures that tend to directly affect the demands of citizens and services. Lipsky argued, “They are constantly torn by the demands of service recipients to improve effectiveness and responsiveness to improve effectiveness and responsiveness and by the demands of citizen groups to improve the efficacy and efficiency of government services” (p. 402). The function of government workers is usually questioned by citizens since they feel that any decision of street-level bureaucrats scan affect the stability of the people’s lives. In addition to the problems in relationships with clients, the increased in administrative cost for the government’s services was questioned and placed under scrutiny.

Great example. Honestly, with the advances in technology and the fast and efficient services of UPS and FEDEX, I thought that the USPS would go out of business years ago. I knew that they are a government organizations, but until this week, I did not think of them are a corporation. I think that the USPS will serve as a great example of federal bureaucracy in the future, when people are studying the increased U.S. debt. Don’t get me wrong, in no way am I saying that the USPS is responsible for the increased U.S. debt, but is one of many corporations that contribute to the fact. I am not a business major nor a politician and when I looked at the USPS annual fiscal report, there was a lot of positive verbiage in the report and when it came

Which department, agency or bureau has the most influence and why?  This forum is one that you could debate for days and never really understand what each organization completely does.  The organization that I believe has the most influence is the Department of Defense.  This organization is comprised of many agencies and the ones I find that have a lot of influence is the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command.   "This past week U.S. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone became commander of U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and director of the National Security Agency (NSA)."(GEN)  These two organization have been merged since the beginning of USCYBERCOM but will split in the future.   The NSA as we know has been getting bad publicity as of late

So many jobs in the US are a product of bureaucracy. Basically paper pushing to meet all the laws governing every aspect of life. This is called the service economy and some people think it's a good thing, but I find it kind of depressing. It would be nice if more people were able to make a living doing what they love. The problem as I see it is as things are only the best of the best are able to do so with content creation. This is because content has basically become free and thus worthless to most of the people who make it. If people had to pay then some people might forgo the good stuff because it expensive and instead give lesser amounts of money to the second best (or third). This would mean more people could make a living creating content,

Bureaucrat is a dirty word to some people in modern society, so how can a bureaucracy be a good thing? Many Public Administration theorist, argue that bureaucracy is essential to the growth and expansion of the United States. Most of the criticism of the bureaucracy within the government is based on myth versus reality. Federal agencies play a critical and a valuable role within society and are indispensable to the operations of the federal government. Bureaucracy can be simply defined as the system in which decision are made by Public Administrators rather than elected officials (legislator) within the government. However, when the average citizen of just says the single word bureaucracy thoughts and images of evoked over how negative

On September 1,1969 Muammar Gaddafi, leader of the Revolutionary Command Council, overthrew King Idris and took control of Libyan government. Gaddafi’s actions were fueled by his want of independence from western civilization and to obtain power over the majority of the oil supply in Libya (Okechukwu, 2012). During his 42 year reign of power, Gaddafi made many

Media publications are a great expression of human trends and ideas. Weather movies or music, they all have a societal impact and at least allude to trends of sociology theorists. This is abundantly true in the film V for vendetta. There is a preexisting novel, which also made an impact in that culture and it followed the same trends, but the film is being used because of its greater relevance to the modern era of America. The film depicts a post-apocalyptic world that has symbolism and story lines that run with modern events. These depictions can be more readily understood within the scope of Max Weber’s sociological insight and theory more specifically about his understanding of the modern world and it bureaucratization.