Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Preparation: familiarity with American government. Requisite: course 40. Designed for juniors/seniors. Nature of bureaucracy in modern government, with emphasis on U.S.; explanation of why government agencies behave as they do. Focus on real and imagined problems with bureaucratic rule; evaluation of commonly proposed solutions for these problems. Examples from schools, armies, welfare bureaus, regulatory agencies, and intelligence services, among others. P/NP or letter grading.