Administrative Reorganization Of The Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Federal Government And The United States Civil Service Politicized Tendency To Strengthen

The period of Franklin D.Roosevelt is an important turning point in American history, it not only turned around the American economic depression that the world economic crisis brought in thirties, but also brought great changes to American government and American politics through New Deal practices and the policy of internal and abroad during The Second World War.Administrative reorganization in FDR period is an important respect in the changes of American government at that time especially in power arrangement of traditional governmental administrative department. I think, administrative reorganization in FDR period enlarged not only the scale of the administrative department of the federal government and the numbers of administrative officials, but also the power of administrative department, especially "the political official's power" in administrative department due to FDR's administrative reorganization. As result it brought the enforcement of the tendency of politicizing American civil service because of the enlargement of power of "political officials" in administrative department.The administrative organization of FDR's government brought not only a great influence to administrative department, but also a great challenge to the traditional American political system. Therefore, the study of this thesis is not only with profound significance to American history especially the history of American political system, but also with realistic significance to contemporary American government and American politics. Meanwhile, the study of the topic will be with great reference significance to Chinese reform at presentThe thesis will illustrate the characteristics of American government and politics at that time by research to politicizing civil service in FDR period, using the research method combining history with political science, under guidance of history materialism of Marxism.The thesis is divided into three parts: introduction, body and conclusion.Introduction, it mainly introduces academic research situation to politicizing American civil service in FDR period, and poses the point of the view of the thesis.Body has three chapters, the first chapter mainly introduces the foundation of the American civil service in the late of 19th century, and the separation of American federal governmental politics and administration; The second is about administrative reorganization of American federal government and the enforcement of the tendency of politicizing American civil service; The third is mainly about the tendency of politicizing American civil service and the specialty of American political system and social structure.Conclusion, the thesis conies to the conclusion that the tendency of politicizing American civil service was enforced in FDR period, and point out the situation of politicizing civil service was gradually developed and enlarged after FDR period in American history, it formed the characteristics of bureaucracy in American political system.