What factors have led to the growth and development of the federal bureaucracy? Are those features of the American political system and society likely to permit a significant reduction in the size of the bureaucracy in the near future?
What will be an ideal response?
The federal bureaucracy developed in a piecemeal fashion. Some of the bureaucracies developed because they fulfill essential governmental functions (Defense, State, Treasury), others due to changes in national needs, and still others as a response to the demands of clientele groups. Consequently, no efficient blueprint exists for how the bureaucracy should look, nor for how it should develop; it has developed haphazardly. Because social demands will continue to change and because clientele groups will continue to demand that federal bureaucracies serve them, government bureaucracies are unlikely to be reduced in size. Indeed, the momentum has been to expand bureaucracy--consider the Department of Homeland Security, for example.
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