Importance Of Bureaucracy

Megan Shinnick - 12/13/2016 - Prof Bellino

Section One

Bureaucracy

In order for any political system to function, a working and effective administration must exist. Administrations exist both small and large scale, and have the job of implementing the rules and policies of an organization. Often times, the administration is seen as the core function of a political system due to its responsibility to keep groups of people under control. Max Weber, a German sociologist, believed that the only way to have a successful administration is through bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is a structure and set of processes that the administration uses to operate. Weber believed in the necessity of bureaucracy because of its rationality. It provides a specific set

It can be seen as impersonal or inflexible, and bureaucrats are looked down upon because of their freedom from political accountability due to their protection by their employment. In addition, some large administrations exercise excessive control over citizens’ lives which people fault bureaucracy for. Despite to criticisms of the way of administering, bureaucracy plays a large role in the modern world. Due to its structure, it can help citizens of a certain region better understand the policies and procedures of their government. Not only does its structure provide clarity to citizens, but it provides protection from corruption. If there are set rules in place, it is much more difficult to disobey said rules. Regardless of the criticism, bureaucracy exists in many government systems and is a large contributor to the way administration

Debt is an accumulation of deficits, as well as added spending that is not on the budget. Deficit, often falsely used as a synonym of debt, is the difference between what a government makes from taxes and other sources of revenue, and in what the government spends. The money the government makes is called its receipts, while the amount of money it spends is called its outlays, (so the receipts minus outlays is the deficit). A government’s debt, then, is the total amount of deficits plus off-budget spending. For example, say someone earns $5 for doing chores- that is their budget for their trip to the store. At the store, they buy an on-budget drink for $4 and an off-budget candy bar for $2. Since they earned $5 but spent $6, they have a deficit of $1. If this person goes through this five times, they would have a total debt of