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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a. consociational and bicameral b. state and national c. local and regional d. state and regional
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a. Moralistic b. Individualistic c. Traditionalistic d. Progressive
Class refers to
a. social hierarchies. b. ethnocentric societies. c. nonstratified societies. d. stabilized societies. e. immigrant societies.