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The Significance of The Administrative State
Author(s) -
Stivers Camilla
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00835.x
Subject(s) - schism , administration (probate law) , politics , state (computer science) , context (archaeology) , public administration , political science , natural (archaeology) , law and economics , sociology , law , history , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
To mark the 60th anniversary of the appearance of The Administrative State by reexamining the politics–administration debate is confining and ignores Waldo’s grand enterprise to describe the unique context in which American public administration emerged and developed. Instead of bemoaning or strategizing the reconciliation of a supposed schism, modern scholars should appreciate what is, in fact, a natural and necessary tension.