QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT
1. What four questions are discussed in this chapter?
2. Why are American legislatures overwhelmed with work?
3. What are the merits and defects of the committee system?
4. What is log-rolling, and why is it objectionable?
5. What is the purpose of the legislative bureau?
6. What is the function of the expert bill drafter?
7. What are the chief defects of state administration?
8. What has been done to correct these defects?
9. Discuss the movement toward a national budget.
10. What are the three forms of budget making in state government?
11. What is the mayor-council plan, and what changes are being brought about in it?
12. What is the commission plan of city government? How did it arise? What can be said for and against it?
13. Compare the commission plan with the city manager plan.
14. What is the chief merit of the city manager plan?
Required Readings
1. Williamson, Readings in American Democracy, chapter xxxvi.
Or all of the following:
2. Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. i, chapter xlv.
3. Munro, The Government of the United States, chapter xxxi.
4. Reed, Form and Functions of American Government, chapter xli.
5. Illinois Efficiency and Economy Committee, Report, 1915, pages 18- 24 and 74-77.