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The Role of Bureaucracy During the War on Terror

Brace, Susan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1302293519

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2011, Master of Arts, University of Toledo, Political Science.
The basic structure of a bureaucracy has been defined and debated by many scholars. Bureaucracies are designed in a specific way in order to work efficiently and to track accountability within the hierarchical system. In this thesis I argue that top administrative officials, during the war on terror, affected the stability of the U.S. military bureaucracy by removing and altering two significant characteristics: hierarchy and routine. Instead of only one official occupying the top of the hierarchical apex, during the war on terror, there was a college of leaders. This group then questioned and removed the legitimacy of two of the military’s guiding documents; the Uniform Code of Military Justice as well as the Geneva Conventions. Without these documents, soldiers are vulnerable and are forced to act without precedent or specific procedures. These two elements of the bureaucracy alter the institution in such a way that it leaves soldiers vulnerable to legal consequences while the ‘group’ of leaders at the top are protected by a diluted center of responsibility.
Sam Nelson, PhD (Committee Chair)
Renee Heberle, PhD (Committee Member)
Jami Taylor, PhD (Committee Member)
Political Science

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  • Brace, S. (2011). The Role of Bureaucracy During the War on Terror [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1302293519

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brace, Susan. The Role of Bureaucracy During the War on Terror. 2011. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1302293519.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brace, Susan. "The Role of Bureaucracy During the War on Terror." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1302293519

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