In what ways can Congress influence the structure and composition of the federal bureaucracy?

What will be an ideal response?


Lots of possible answers here; students should identify and discuss some of the following: enact statutes that establish or abolish executive agencies/departments, instructing agencies/departments to reorganize themselves, establishing outside commissions to make recommendations, authorizing the president to reorganize agencies/departments subject to congressional review, confirming presidential appointments of high-level officials, authorizing personnel systems, granting rule-making authority, and setting funding levels.

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Federalism presents opportunities for two kinds of majorities to pursue their interests in competition with each other. These majorities are which of the following?

a. consociational and bicameral b. state and national c. local and regional d. state and regional

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______ states have the most fragmented political culture.

a. Moralistic b. Individualistic c. Traditionalistic d. Progressive

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Class refers to

a. social hierarchies. b. ethnocentric societies. c. nonstratified societies. d. stabilized societies. e. immigrant societies.

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