Defending the Application of the Federal Bureaucracy: A Case for Bureaucracy — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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Defending the Application of the Federal Bureaucracy: A Case for Bureaucracy

Name: Hunter Douglas
Major: Political Science
Hometown: Colorado Springs
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Type of research: Senior thesis

Abstract

This paper explores how and to what extent the federal bureaucracy is effective in the United States representative democracy. The paper explores to what end the federal bureaucracy can be more effective than the established representative form. We focus on the federal bureaucracies within the United States and their interactions with the other democratic institutions including the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judiciary branch. Research was carried out by reading works of predominate political theorists and by examining the results that federal bureaucracies have achieved in implementing policy. The results of this study tell us that in some cases the federal bureaucracy is preferable in the process of policy implementation than that of classic representative democracy. Through the study it is recommended that the federal bureaucracies continue to work alongside the other democratic institutions so each can continue to benefit from one another. After evaluating the data and research we find that although critics of bureaucracy are opposed to bureaucratic government because it seems to challenge their ideals of democracy, these systems are important to modern societies, and when used properly lead to better policy than would come from a more conventionally democratic system.

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