Bureaucratic Pathologies

Part I of Essay
****What does the text mean by the term “”? What are some examples of such pathologies? Why does each exist? Can they be corrected? When you think about bureaucracies, one of the first things usually thought about is the red tape roadblocks so commonly dealt with. Moder ....

Part II of Essay
.... that rules are obeyed, forms must be filled out. Conflict exists because some agencies seem to be working at cross-purposes with other agencies. Duplication, usually called “wasteful duplication”, occurs when two government agencies seem to be doing the same thing. To end conflict and duplication, Congress would have to make some policy choices and set some clear priorities, but with all the competing demands that it faces, Congress finds it difficult to do that. Both conflict and duplication occur because Congress, in setting up agen ....