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Executive Branch & Bureaucracy

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify and explain the organization of the Executive
  2. Identify and provide an example of the powers of the Executive, both formal and informal.
  3. Identify and explain how Executive shares powers with the Congress, Judiciary, and bureaucracy.
  4. Discuss the implications of Executive sharing powers with each of the following: Congress, Judiciary, and bureaucracy.
  5. Discuss the functions that Executive performs.
  6. Identify how the power of the Executive has/may evolve gradually.
  7. Identify how the power of the Executive has/may changes dramatically as a result of crisis.
  8. Identify and discuss the ties between the Executive and political parties.
  9. Identify and discuss the ties between the Executive and interest groups.
  10. Identify and discuss the ties between the Executive and media.
  11. Identify and discuss the ties between the Executive and state and local governments.

Vocabulary

Legislative veto
Line-item veto
Impeachment
Impoundment
Bureaucracy
Merit system
Standard operating procedures
White House Staff
Cabinet
Iron Triangle
Issue Network
Revolving door
Executive Office of the President
Independent Agencies
Government Corporations
Regulatory Commissions
Executive orders
Executive agreements
Executive privilege
Take Care Clause
iron triangles
patronage
civil service
merit principle
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
GS (General Scheduling) rating
Senior Executive Service (SES)
independent regulatory commission
government corporations
independent executive agency
policy implementation
administrative discretion
discretionary authority
standard operating procedures
street-level bureaucrats
regulation
deregulation
command-and-control policy
incentive system
executive orders

Chapter Reading Notes


Ch 12 Notes
Ch 13 Notes

Executive Branch in the News

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Activities & Videos

Presidential Roles Quest doc
Presidential Power doc
Current Events Quiz
Bureaucracy PPT
Bureaucracy doc
Bureaucracy Pizza doc
Bureaucratic Pathologies PPT
Bureaucratic Pathologies doc

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Iron Triangle Quest

Budget Activity doc
Unit 5 Review doc
Executive Branch Infographics
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