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Mid-Term Exam. Thursday, Feb. 16 th (in class) three sections (concise, brief written answers) Part 1 Lectures – Bureaucracy and Democracy one answer from choice of two questions Part 2 Lectures – The Political-Bureaucratic Interface one answer from choice of two questions - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Mid-Term ExamMid-Term Exam
Thursday, Feb. 16Thursday, Feb. 16thth (in class) (in class) three sections (concise, brief written answers)three sections (concise, brief written answers)
– Part 1 Lectures – Bureaucracy and DemocracyPart 1 Lectures – Bureaucracy and Democracy one answer from choice of two questionsone answer from choice of two questions
– Part 2 Lectures – The Political-Bureaucratic InterfacePart 2 Lectures – The Political-Bureaucratic Interface one answer from choice of two questionsone answer from choice of two questions
– Part 3 Lectures – How the Bureaucracy Actually WorksPart 3 Lectures – How the Bureaucracy Actually Works one answer from choice of two questionsone answer from choice of two questions
Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis
blockade...blockade...– Team 1, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5, Team 6, Team 1, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5, Team 6,
Team 7, Team 8Team 7, Team 8
blockade and surgical airstrikeblockade and surgical airstrike– Team 2Team 2
What was the “essence” of the decision?What was the “essence” of the decision?
THE BUREAUCRATIC THE BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS MODELPOLITICS MODEL
How Bureaucracy How Bureaucracy REALLYREALLY Works... Works...
February 9, 2006February 9, 2006
The Alternative Models (for The Alternative Models (for understanding gov’t behavior):understanding gov’t behavior): the Rational-Unitary Actor Modelthe Rational-Unitary Actor Model the Organizational Process Modelthe Organizational Process Model the Bureaucratic Politics Modelthe Bureaucratic Politics Model
The Rational-Unitary Actor The Rational-Unitary Actor ModelModelgovernment is a single, cohesive, government is a single, cohesive,
coordinated entitycoordinated entitygovernment identifies its interests/goalsgovernment identifies its interests/goalsoptions are considered on the basis of options are considered on the basis of
cost/benefits of eachcost/benefits of eachfinal decision is based on optimizing final decision is based on optimizing
between the government’s various between the government’s various interests/goalsinterests/goals
The Organizational Process The Organizational Process ModelModel
government is made up of distinct organizations government is made up of distinct organizations each with standard operating procedures and each with standard operating procedures and organizational capacitiesorganizational capacities
government identifies its interests/goalsgovernment identifies its interests/goals goals/interests are pursued by the various goals/interests are pursued by the various
organizations – each according to its standard organizations – each according to its standard operating procedures and organizational capacitiesoperating procedures and organizational capacities
what is actually done results from the interplay of what is actually done results from the interplay of these standard operating procedures and these standard operating procedures and organizational capacitiesorganizational capacities
The Bureaucratic Politics ModelThe Bureaucratic Politics Model
government is made up of separate, distinct government is made up of separate, distinct organizationsorganizations
different organizations have different interestsdifferent organizations have different interests– based on professional normsbased on professional norms– based on self-interestbased on self-interest
government action is a government action is a resultantresultant of the interplay of the interplay between these forcesbetween these forces– what gov’t does is -- most often -- different than what what gov’t does is -- most often -- different than what
any particular actor wantsany particular actor wants– no single agent strong enough to dominateno single agent strong enough to dominate
““Essence of Decision”Essence of Decision”
Explaining the US Response in the Explaining the US Response in the Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis
Rational-Unitary Actor ApproachRational-Unitary Actor Approach
Cuban Missile Crisis as “Hard Case”Cuban Missile Crisis as “Hard Case” Rational-Unitary ActorRational-Unitary Actor
– identifies interestsidentifies interests– considers optionsconsiders options
Do NothingDo Nothing Diplomatic Pressure on KhruschevDiplomatic Pressure on Khruschev Secret Approach to CastroSecret Approach to Castro InvasionInvasion Air StrikeAir Strike BlockadeBlockade
– chooses optimal optionchooses optimal option
Organizational OutputsOrganizational Outputs
Date of Discovery -- October 14Date of Discovery -- October 14 thth
– SOPs explain why not earlier or laterSOPs explain why not earlier or later
Range of OptionsRange of Options– preferred option was airstrikepreferred option was airstrike
surgical airstrike not optionsurgical airstrike not option– MRBM classified as “mobile”MRBM classified as “mobile”
– MRBM reclassified as “moveable”MRBM reclassified as “moveable”
The Bureaucratic Politics ModelThe Bureaucratic Politics Model
Date of DiscoveryDate of Discovery 10 day delay10 day delay
Range of OptionsRange of Options the Presidentthe President the Armed Forcesthe Armed Forces
– Air ForceAir Force– NavyNavy
the Secretary of Defensethe Secretary of Defense
the Outcomethe Outcome blockade -- not the first choice of any one of the relevant actorsblockade -- not the first choice of any one of the relevant actors