Concept information
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political science
American politics and society
United States Presidency
federalism and politics
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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
principles of government
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
principles of government
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criminology
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
principles of government
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higher education law
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
principles of government
Preferred term
presidency and the bureaucracy
Definition
- The units of the executive branch of the U.S. national government—staffed mainly by unelected public officials—that carry out public policy. The term bureaucracy does not appear in the U.S. Constitution, yet the bureaucracy has become one of the most powerful elements of modern American government. [Source: Student's Guide to the Presidency; Presidency and the Bureaucracy]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-XXGDNT9W-F
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