Politics in Bureaucracies

3 units

Focuses on politics and political conflicts involving bureaucratic organizations, primarily but not exclusively those of the federal government. Attention given to the characteristics of bureaucratic organizations and their members; their relations with one another as well as with other participants in policy making also considered. Major activities within bureaucracies--planning, program development, organizing, budgeting, and service delivery--discussed with a view to clarifying their political implications and consequences; problems associated with controlling and changing bureaucracies.