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Politics-Administration Dichotomy: A Century Debate

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  • Reza TAHMASEBI

    (Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.)

  • Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi MUSAVI

    (Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.)

Abstract

The issue of politics-administration dichotomy as one of the five great issues in the field of public administration has had a strange history. For more than a century it has been one of the most disreputable notions in the field of public administration. At the heart of the public administration is the relationship between administrators, on one hand, and politicians and the public on the other hand. The nature of that relationship and the proper role of political leaders and administrators in the administrative and political process have been the subject of considerable debate. The purpose of this article is to review of relationship between politics and administration in different time periods.

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  • Reza TAHMASEBI & Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi MUSAVI, 2011. "Politics-Administration Dichotomy: A Century Debate," REVISTA ADMINISTRATIE SI MANAGEMENT PUBLIC, Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 2011(17), pages 130-143, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:rom:rampas:v:2011:y:2011:i:17:p:130-143
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    1. Stillman, Richard J., 1973. "Woodrow Wilson and the Study of Administration: A New Look at an Old Essay," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 67(2), pages 582-588, June.
    2. Martin, Roscoe C., 1952. "Political Science and Public Administration: A Note on the State of the Union," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 46(3), pages 660-676, September.
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    Keywords

    politics-administration; dichotomy; policy-administration dichotomy; complementarity model.;
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    JEL classification:

    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government

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