A significant example of the public negatively viewing a bureaucracy after a national crisis
a. occurred when the unclear ballots in areas of South Florida impacted the results of the Presidential Election of 2000.
b. occurred in 2004 when the Terry Schiavo case was brought into the public eye.
c. occurred in 2005 with the delayed response to Hurricane Katrinas destruction of the gulf coastal region.
d. All of the above
Question 2
The concept of bureaucratic neutrality by definition refers to
a. the rule that members of a bureaucracy are not allowed to have held a previous position in another branch of government.
b. the idea that a bureaucracy should act to implement and serve government directives, but not become a political force in its own right.
c. the idea that bureaucrats should not fraternize with elected officials or private interests.
d. the rule that if one branch should conflict with another in its directives for the bureaucracy, the judicial branch decides which branchs policy the bureaucracy should implement
Introducing Public Administration, 8/E