what aspects of the American bureaucracy are distinctive? elaborate on each?
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This is not the homework category.  Look it up.
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In the United States, our government is the system of power that acts on behalf of its people. The U.S. government was designed to serve the American people. Our government protects our rights and preserves our freedoms. Governments are set up to make and enforce laws. In this section, we will look at the basic types of governments in the world, yet the main emphasis will be placed on the understanding our American government system.\n\nIn the United States there are three levels of government. The federal government (national level) makes and enforces laws for our nation. The fifty state governments (state level) make and enforce laws for their respective states. Each city or town in which a person lives has a city or town government (local level) that makes and enforces laws for their community. The most powerful of the three levels is our federal (national level) government.
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Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
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In Karl Marx's theory of historical materialism, the historical origin of bureaucracy is to be found in four sources: religion, the formation of the state, commerce and technology.\n\n                     The earliest bureaucracies consisted of castes of religious clergy, officials and scribes operating various rituals, and armed functionaries specifically delegated to keep order. In the historical transition from primitive egalitarian communities to a civil society divided into social classes and estates, occurring from about 10,000 years ago, authority is increasingly centralised in, and enforced by a state apparatus existing separately from society. This state formulates, imposes and enforces laws, and levies taxes, giving rise to an officialdom enactingthesefunctions.
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An American is a defined legal status as structured by the United States Constitution and the resulting policies already established.  This is no different than defining citizenship of people around the world when going from country to country.  \n\nIt is the question of "What makes a Good American?" that should be asked.  I believe that among the characteristics that a good American should possess the following of essentials:  Embrace of the Democratic Ideal and an acceptance of its lack of definitive edges.  Active participation in the evolution of the democratic government from the local to the national level, A sense of duty to protect these ideals from harm and sacrifice for their growth, Legal compliance with established laws and peaceful but fervent action to reform those laws one finds unsatisfactory, willingness to learn and use the English language, and above all a sense of gratitude to all of those men and women who have suffered and died just to keep America a place where freedom is still alive and where our biggest worries are most often trivial in comparison to those faced by the rest of the world.
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sadly not much, and this is only referring to the basic system here and how it should work.  if one extends the idea of knowledge of the system to include government actions and such, its probably even lower.  i would like to think i have a fair understanding of it overall, but i know very little actually except what manages to leak out about what goes on behind the closed doors in dc.  a more process transparent government would be very nice.
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That person handles certain details.  For example they may be responsible for personnel policies, issuing manual about employment, finding a health care coverage system.  They probably have to make sure all the bills are paid, like the water bill, etc.  They have to make sure you can meet the payroll.  They have to make sure there are evacuation instructions for fire in each room.  Everything it takes to run the institution.  They are not responsible for strategic goals like philosophically where the institution is supposed to be going.  More the nuts-and-bolts stuff to keep the place runnning.  Like air conditioners and roads and toilet paper in the bathrooms.  Complying with record-keeping rules.  Paying taxes.  Getting the place painted or new carpet or tile.  Deciding the priorities on how to spend money.  Making sure the phone system works, does it need upgrading and what new phone system to get...providing internet access, deciding the backbone.  Providing janitorial services and getting the trash pickeed up.  Oh yes, and all the systems of badges etc.  I feel it is much broader than human resources.  Depends on how big the institution is.  I mean this is kind of random but this type of stuff.
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There is the Executive Branch, the Judiciary Branch and the Legislative Branch.\n\nExecutive:\nThis is like the President and such. You could draw the White House or something. Prez has the power to veto laws.\n\nJudiciary:\nSupreme Court and stuff. You could draw one of those hammer-thingys that judges always use. Gavels or something? Anyway, they interpret the laws from the Constitution.\n\nLegislative:\nCongress --> Senate + House of Reps. They make the laws.
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Every office has its own set of rules. So that is a very case dependent item.\n\nHowever all offices have somethings in common..\n\nDiscipline, decorum, targets and goals, delivery of assigned task, respect and care for fellow beings and above all an adherence to the values set by the leaders of that office\n\nHappy working
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Since it's (IMO) a comparative judgement, it's the best one out there - by far.\n\nI speak of our own unique system of government, not of the characters currently occupying the Executive Branch - they come and go every four to eight years, whether they like it or not!\n\nStill, there are LOTS of problems and issues with the Federal government but, hey, without those little things, life would be awfully booorrrrriing, no?\n\nAnd besides, who in this country would opt for, say, Japanese, French, Singaporean or even British-style government?  Nothing really wrong with any those countries' systems of government but the average American, given a choice and a list of pros and cons vis-a-vis what they've come to understand and expect of our government and what they'd get from any of those countries' governments, would not wish to live under any of those countries' systems of government.
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I think you mean cabinet departments.  Here is a list:\n\nDepartment of Agriculture (USDA)\nDepartment of Commerce (DOC)\nDepartment of Defense (DOD)\nDepartment of Education (ED)\nDepartment of Energy (DOE)\nDepartment of Health and Human Services (HHS)\nDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS)\nDepartment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)\nDepartment of Justice (DOJ)\nDepartment of Labor (DOL)\nDepartment of State (DOS)\nDepartment of the Interior (DOI)\nDepartment of the Treasury\nDepartment of Transportation (DOT)\nDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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B. Departments.  Collectively their leaders (Secretaries) are known as the Cabinet.  Bureaus are smaller divisions within a Department.  \n\nThe FBI-federal Bureau of investigation is part of the Department of Justice.  The head of the DOJ is part of the cabinet.
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if u mean federalism...its like a cake layers where the government goes thruogh a series of checks and balances, with each layer intertwined and invoved on the next...thats why its known as a marble cake. YUM!!!
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Several things including Indian Removal, The Nullification crisis and introducing the "spoils system"\n\nFor more information, view the link below.
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The perspective of what the recurring themes in US history might be differ, depending on where you are.   For example, Canadians would consider the War of 1812 one of an attempted invasion that was unsuccessful.\n\nThemes related to humanitarian intentions are present in US history as the US is usually generous in that regard.  There also seems to be a need to have the rest of the world move toward an American ideal, rather than continue in their own way.  The theme of the cultural assimilation is present in US history.\n\nSo the themes are quite diverse, and as with any nation, some are admirable and some are not.
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Yes many differences. Look up for each system what their basis  and structure of govt are
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There are thousands of adminstrators that run different agencies and programs.  The are responsible for providing services that we use every day.  On the federal level, they are running Social Security, US Armed Forces, IRS, Department of Transportation, and so on.  On the state level, they are running MVD, state police, welfare programs, and so on.  On the local level, they run water services, garbage, police, fire, libraries, and so on.