Lesson Summary. In summary, the American class system of social stratification is broadly divided into three main layers-upper class, middle class, and lower class-that are mostly based on socioeconomic conditions.
For other uses, see Bureaucracy (disambiguation) . A bureaucracy (/bjuËËrÉkrÉsi/) is a body of non-elective government officials and/or an administrative policy-making group.Historically, bureaucracy was government administration managed by departments staffed with nonelected officials.oday, bureaucracy is the administrative system governing any large institution. Since being coined, the word bureaucracy has developed negative connotations. Bureaucracies have been criticized as being too complex, inefficient, or too inflexible.
4. checks and balances - like seperation of powers. No one branch of official can make decisions on his/her own. All power is spread so that many steps are needed to make laws. 5. judicial review - the chief duty of the judicial branch (courts) of the fed. govt. This refers to the system by which the courts determine if laws made by the legislative branch are in keeping with the constitution. 6. federalism - this is the system by which the states have more power than the federal govt.