​When We Say That the Adoption of a Civil Service

question 55

Multiple Choice

​When we say that the adoption of a civil service system introduces aparadox into the democratic nature of Texas government,what do we mean?

• A)The merit system insulates agency workers from undue interference by politicians, but those same politicians are the people's representatives.
• B)The civil service systemprevents ​the negative consequences of having administrative agencies bend to the will of partisan elected officials.
• C)​Civil servants are paid with taxes but are not directly accountable to the people.
• D)​The inability of the public to control state administrators obstructs the will of the people.
• E)​All of these are paradoxes of the system.

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Definitions:

Compulsion

An irresistible urge to perform an irrational or unnecessary act or behavior repeatedly.

Obsession

A persistent, intrusive, and unwanted thought or impulse that causes significant distress or anxiety.

Delusion

A false belief, not generally shared by others in the culture.

Phobia

A persistent, irrational fear of some specific object, situation, or activity that poses little or no real danger.