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Political Science
Final exam Chapters 7 and 8
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Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 3
05/04/2009

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Formal Powers
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Gubernatorial authority established in state statutes or a state constitution; a governor's tenure potential appointment, budget, and veto powers, and party control
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Informal Powers
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A governor's strength stemming from personal attributes or unusual circumstances
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veto power
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rejection of proposed legislation by the chief executive (governor), usually subject to legislative override by a two-thirds majoirty vote of both houses
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Line Item Veto
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The power of a governor to reject ertain portions of a legislative appropriations bill without killing the entire bill
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Pork or turkeys
Definition
pet projects in the budget that will benefit an individual legislator's district but no any others; often vetoed by a governor
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Coattails
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in politics a reference to the effect that a party's leader may have on voting for that party's candidate for other offices
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Candidate Centered Election
Definition
Refers to an election primarily focusing on the personal qualities of the candidates
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Pocketbook issues
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those affecting a voter's wallet; economic issues
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Tenure power
Definition
the length of time an elected official can serve in office
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Appointment power
Definition
authority to choose officials to head agencies, sit on various boards and commission
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Removal power
Definition
authoirty to force an official to step down from his or her position
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For Cause Only
Definition
Governors must provide a clear-cut statement of charges and an opportunity for an open hearing to the employee they are trying to oust
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Ripper Bill
Definition
Removing an official by a legislative act which abolishes the office or agency the official heads and replaces it with another
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Agenda Setting
Definition
initiating major statewide legislative programs; prioritizing the issues to be discussed
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Strong batting average
Definition
a reputation for getting a high percentage of a governor's recommendations enacted by the legislature
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Divided Government (Power Split)
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a government in which one party controls the governor's office while another party controls one or both houses of legislature
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impeachment
Definition
the power of the legislatures to remove executive and judicial officers from office for the lower house must first vote for impeachment then the upper house much old a trial and vote for removal
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Recall Process
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initiated by a citizen petition, it allows a vote on whether to remove an elected official from office before his or her term is completed
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Media Savy
Definition
knowledge of how to use the press to get one's message across the prublic
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Post-audit
Definition
an auditor's duty it involves making sure the expenditures and investments of state funds have been made in accordance with the law; done after expenditure is made
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pre-audit
Definition
the sate controller's duty; it involves making sure that a prospective departmental expenditure is in accordance with the law and does not exceed the appropriations made by the legislature before any expenditures is in is in accordance with the law and does not exceed the appropriations made by the legislature before any ependiture is made by the treasurer.
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Bureaucracy
Definition
Departments, agencies, bureaus, and offices that perform the functions of government
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implementation
Definition
the development by executive bureaucracies of proceduers and activities to carry out policies enacted by te legislature
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Regulation
Definition
the development by the bureaucracy of formal rules for implementing legislation
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Adjudication
Definition
decision making by bureaucracies as to whether or not an individual or organization has complied with or violated government laws and/or regulation
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Descretion
Definition
the ability of public agencies and employees to make decisions based on their own judgment so long as the decision is reasonable or lawful
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incrementation
Definition
in government budget making, the tendency of bureaucrats and elected officials to focus on new programs and increases in spending, while seldom reviewing existing programs or previous levels of spending
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Beureaucratization
Definition
a general reference to the size of government, often measured by spending per capita and public employment per 10,000 population
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Patronage System
Definition
selection of employees for government agencies on the basis of political loyalty and electoral support
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Merit System
Definition
selection of employees for government agencies on the basis of competence, with no consideration of an individual's political loyalties or support
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Productivity
Definition
in government, performing function and producing desired results at the least possible cost to taxpayers
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Representativeness
Definition
as applied to public bureaucracies, the extent to which their workforces generally reflect the social characteristics of the citizens they serve
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Affirmative Action Programs
Definition
In government agencies, efforts to achieve minority and gender representativeness in the workforce through preferntial hiring and promotions
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Collective Bargaining
Definition
the determination of wages, benefits and working conditions through bargaining with unions that represent employees
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Arbitration
Definition
disputes between parties are submitted and decided by a neutral thrid party
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Clout
Definition
informal power in the world of politics usually infers someone who can get things down in the political process
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partial pre-emptions
Definition
state laws on the same subject valid as long as they do not conflict with federal law on that subject
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principal-agent problem
Definition
in government, the problem of ensuring that bureaucrats (agents) carry out the intentions of elected officals (principals)that the self-interests of bureaucrats do not conflict with these intentions
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capture theory
Definition
the theory that over time regulatory agencies come under the influence of hte industries they are supposed to regulate
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budget maximization
Definition
the tendancy of bureaucrats to expand their own hours, functions, staff and budgets
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privatization
Definition
shifting the production of government services from public bureaucracies to privade firms
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Load Shedding
Definition
government selling off many of its enterprises forexample housing projects, airpots staidums- to private indivudials or firms who would operate them more efficeintly and effectively
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Reinventing government
Definition
a reform movement that encourages government bureaucracies to be more entrepreneurial, mission drive, results oriented, decentralized, and responsive to citizens' needs
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Zero-based budgeting
Definition
a method of budgeting that demands justification for the entire budget request of an agency not just its requested increase in funding
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balanced scorecard
Definition
a management decision making system that considers both human capital and finacial capital costs in making decisions
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Benchmarking
Definition
comparing and measuring policies, practices, philosophies, and performance measures against those of other high-performing state or local governments
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earmarking
Definition
in government budgeting the practice of allocating specific revenue sources to specific programs such as gasoline taxes to highways
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