POLITICAL SCIENCE 2613
Introduction to Public Administration
Review areas for first exam:
Government organizational structure
Independent
versus
quasi-independent agencies
Growth of government
size and nature
social, economic and political factors
Marybury v. Madison, 1803 and McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819
Study of public administration
Wilson–White–Waldo–Frederickson–Rosembloom
Systems
theory/analysis
Politics, values and the political system
Party
values
Separation
of powers/checks and balances
Executive
versus legislative direction
Administrative
values
Bureaucratic power and politics
Organization
creation, development and structure
Organizational
power base
expertise
information
structure
discretion
accountability
Subgovernments
(iron
triangles)
Intergovernmental relations
Federalism-confederation-unitary
system
Division of
governmental
powers
Partisan
perspectives
Judicial
role--note
above cases