Describe how agencies interact with other political actors (i.e. the president, Congress, courts, interest groups, others)
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
A. Bureaucracies and Presidents (Pg. 224-25): president can set broad policy goals; can reorganize bureaucracies; can appoint top personnel; presidents can also see bureaucracies as the "enemy" and looks for ways to control it.
B. Bureaucracies and Congress (Pg. 225-26): Congress can write legislation to define the actions of bureaucracies or to force agencies to do something; can establish agencies or re-organize agencies; can allocate funds for agencies; can help approve the head of agencies; can play an oversight function through its power of investigation
C. Bureaucracies and the Courts (Pg. 226): Courts review the actions of agencies to guarantee they do not exceed their authority and they do not abuse their power; they also play an oversight function
D. Interest Groups (Pg. 226): Interest groups and agencies often help each other to achieve their goals; provide information to bureaucracies;
E. Others (Pg. 226-27): non elected officials such as the public can influence bureaucratic decisions; the media can act as a "watchdog"; political parties play a role in staffing of agencies especially in the approval process for nominees
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