2006-06-27 08:40:31 · 5 answers · asked by blueskiesofwyo 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
A Bureau is a goverment Agency. A Bureaucracy is a agency with a lot of rules and regulations and red tape that prevents things from being done efficiently -- the prime example being the Department of Motor Vehicles.
2006-06-27 08:45:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
bu·reauc·ra·cy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (by-rkr-s)
n. pl. bu·reauc·ra·cies
Administration of a government chiefly through bureaus or departments staffed with nonelected officials.
The departments and their officials as a group: promised to reorganize the federal bureaucracy.
Management or administration marked by hierarchical authority among numerous offices and by fixed procedures: The new department head did not know much about bureaucracy.
The administrative structure of a large or complex organization: a midlevel manager in a corporate bureaucracy.
An administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid or complex procedures impedes effective action: innovative ideas that get bogged down in red tape and bureaucracy.
2006-06-27 08:44:14 · answer #2 · answered by euges116 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Generally, it means levels of government that make it hard to get stuff done. But the dictionary definition is a little more boring:
A bureaucracy is a form of organization in which officeholders have defined positions and (usually) titles. Formal rules specify the duties of the officeholders. Personalistic distinctions are usually discouraged by the rules.
2006-06-27 08:44:53 · answer #3 · answered by Big Momma Carnivore 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Form Wikipedia: "Bureaucracy is a concept in sociology and political science referring to the way that the administrative execution and enforcement of legal rules is socially organized. This office organization is characterized by standardized procedure, formal division of responsibility, hierarchy, and impersonal relationships."
We are a representative republic, but much of the "governing" and law enforcement comes from the various departments.
2006-06-27 08:44:30 · answer #4 · answered by aboukir200 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
a government that is run mostly by staffers that are not elected..think of a bunch of different departments, each with many desks....
it is why the government (at least in US) generally works so slow.
2006-06-27 08:56:25 · answer #5 · answered by loubean 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Big word for "the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. (probably picking the right hands pocket)
2006-06-27 08:43:55 · answer #6 · answered by Caesar 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is the monkey on all our backs!
2006-06-27 08:58:55 · answer #7 · answered by rlw 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋