What has happened to public employment in Texas since 1972 at ...

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What has happened to public employment in Texas since 1972 at both the state and local levels? What are the major functional areas of employment for state employees?
 
  What are the major functional areas of employment for county and municipal government employees?
  What challenges does the state face in replacing employees?
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is meant by bureaucracy? What are the characteristics of the bureaucracy as outlined by Max Weber and other scholars?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Explain that both state and local government employment have grown considerably.
2. Explain that local government employment is over three times as large as state employment.
3. Identify education and social services as the two largest functional areas of state government employees, and some combination of social services, public safety and corrections, government administration, and utilities as the largest functional areas of employment for counties and municipal governments.
4. Indicate that the public workforce is aging and that there are high levels of turnover. Explain that public perceptions of bureaucrats, bureaucrat-bashing, wages, and working conditions can all discourage young and talented individuals from pursuing public employment.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Define bureaucracy.
2. Explain bureaucratic characteristics including size, hierarchical structure, division of labor and specialization, rules and standardized procedures, and impersonal relationships.