Bureaucracy. 7 concepts of bureaucracy

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Bureaucracy 7 concepts of bureaucracy As rational organization As organizational inefficiency

Bureaucracy

7 concepts of bureaucracy
As rational organization
As organizational inefficiency
As rule by officials
As

public administration
As administration by officials
As organization
As modern society
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Theories of Bureaucracy As a rational administrative machine As a conservative

Theories of Bureaucracy

As a rational administrative machine
As a conservative bloc
As a

source of government oversupply
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Rational Administrative Model Weber’s model Jurisdictional areas are fixed and official

Rational Administrative Model

Weber’s model
Jurisdictional areas are fixed and official and ordered

by laws or rules
Hierarchy
Business is managed on the basis of written documents and a filing system
The authority of officials stem from the post they hold not from personal status
Bureaucratic rules are strict to minimize the scope of personal discretion
Appointment and advancement are based on professional criteria such as training, expertise and administrative competence
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Bureaucracy The central feature of the bureaucracy is rationality The development

Bureaucracy

The central feature of the bureaucracy is rationality
The development

of bureaucratization was linked to the development of capitalist economies and the growth of state functions, the pressures of democratization with emphasis on meritocracy and openness
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Power Bloc Model The Karl Marx’ idea: The Bureaucracy as a

Power Bloc Model

The Karl Marx’ idea: The Bureaucracy as a mechanism

through which bourgeois interest are upheld and the capitalist system defended.
Ralph Miliband - neo-Marxist – top civil servants are conservative and are allies of social and economic elites; defend the interests of capitalism, and thus bloc socialist governments
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Public Choice Model Public choice theory - bureaucrats are utility maximizers,

Public Choice Model

Public choice theory - bureaucrats are utility maximizers, rationally

self-seeking creatures
This economic model is applied to the public sector
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Functions Carrying out administration: implement or execute law and policy; It

Functions

Carrying out administration: implement or execute law and policy; It administers

government business
Policy advise: outline the policy options available to ministers and review policy proposals
Articulating interests
Political stability
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Organization of bureaucracy Centralized vs. Decentralized Centralized: France, UK. Decentralized: USA

Organization of bureaucracy

Centralized vs. Decentralized
Centralized: France, UK.
Decentralized: USA

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Objectives of public policies 1) Distributive allocate values to provide particular

Objectives of public policies

1) Distributive allocate values to provide particular goods

and services
2) redistributive -transfer values from one group to another
3) regulatory policies limit actions (abortion)
4) symbolic policies confer honor or disrepute
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Policy process Issue identification Problem definition Specification of alternatives Policy selection Implementation Evaluation

Policy process

Issue identification
Problem definition
Specification of alternatives
Policy selection
Implementation
Evaluation

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Approaches to decision-making 1) The Elite approach (elites vs. masses) 2)

Approaches to decision-making

1) The Elite approach (elites vs. masses)
2) The class

approach
Class is a large group of individuals who are similar in their possession of or control over some fundamental value
Class approach focuses on the examination of the tactics of class domination and the dynamics of the class struggle