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The Study of Public Administration

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Emphasis on the study of public administration has in recent years become so marked that of all the fields in the study of government it stands out as the most rapidly growing. What Woodrow Wilson called attention to some fifty years ago has in fact become the center of interest in political science. No longer is hard study confined to the problem of making constitutions. The study of administration has concerned itself extensively with the processes and procedures, with the ways of carrying out public policy. However, Woodrow Wilson's advice, recommending the careful determination of the basic political conceptions necessary for the student of public administration, has not always been followed; and the present note is designed to suggest some factors bearing on these basic political conceptions. Specifically, it is to be emphasized that the means through which the state carries on its functions cannot be adequately analyzed except in relation to its ends.

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  • Wengert, Egbert S., 1942. "The Study of Public Administration," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 36(2), pages 313-322, April.
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    1. Vries Michiel S. de, 2013. "International Accreditation of PA Programs: Narrations of an Evaluator," NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, Sciendo, vol. 6(2), pages 97-113, December.

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