STATE is a community of persons more or less numerous permanently occupying a definite portion of territory‚ having a government of their own to which the great body of inhabitants render obedience‚ and enjoying freedom from external control. Elements of State. The modern state has four essential elements. 1. People. This refers to mass of population living within the state. Without people‚ there can be no functionaries to govern and no subject to be governed. 2. Territory
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What are the key differences between ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Labour? Explanatory Concepts in Political Science Ben Aston 25.02.03 Since 1979 there have been dramatic changes in both the structure and organisation of the Labour Party. In part‚ this was in response to their failure to win a general election between 1979 and 1997. However‚ the change goes much further than that and can be perceived as a reflection of the continued struggle between ideologies
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1. Political theory- is the study of the concepts and principles that people use to describe‚ explain‚ and evaluate political events and institutions. Traditionally‚ the discipline of political theory has approached this study from two different perspectives: the history of political thought‚ and contemporary political philosophy 2. Public law- is that part of law which governs relationships between individuals and the government‚ and those relationships between individuals which are of direct
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Are Administration and Politics Dichotomy Practical/Workable? Derek Brown Grantham University Abstract The issues of politics and administration dichotomy first raised by Woodrow Wilson continue to generate debate among scholars of public administration in modern time. Why some think Wilson’s idea was useful‚ others reject the idea as impossible. And in your opinion‚ is that distinction practical and workable? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using such a dichotomy today as a way
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THE VALUE OF THE DICHOTOMY: POLITICS‚ ADMINISTRATION‚ AND THE POLITICAL NEUTRALITY OF ADMINISTRATORS Patrick Overeem Leiden University ABSTRACT Post-war students of public administration have widely rejected the politics-administration dichotomy‚ but‚ paradoxically‚ they have‚ as a rule‚ not abandoned the historically and conceptually closely related value of political neutrality of administrators. Rather‚ they reconceptualized the classical politics-administration dichotomy as a policyadministration
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Descriptive Title: Political Science 2 Politics and Governance and the New Constitution | SY:2012-2013 | Term:First Semester | Session Date: | Session Number:Week 15 of 18 | Topic: Article 11‚ 12 & 131. Art. 11 on accountability of public officers2. The underlying principles‚ bases of accountability3. The impeachable public officers‚ grounds for impeachment & procedure4. On National Economy & Patrimony Art. 12a. The goals of the state in conserving
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FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PHILOSOPHY AND EPISTEMOLOGY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT (PADM 901) KUBAI IBRAHIM MICHAEL M.Phil/ADMIN/2O383/2012-2013 THE POLITICS AND ADMINISTRATION DICHOTOMY BEING PAPER PRESENTED AS REQUAREMENT FOR CLASS ASSESSMENT. DR. HAMZA YUSUF SENIOR LECTURER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA. INTRODUCTION The process of public administration consists of
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Politics have had an invasive presence in local administration since local governments formed. Local administrations can differ greatly in size and scope‚ yet they are all affected by regional political attitudes and state policies. Politics played a much greater role in previous eras‚ with the pinnacle being the era of “machine politics” that dominated local administration throughout the 19th century. A series of reform movements that began in the 1880s would curb this trend and set a path towards
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Zambia‚ discuss the sustainability of the Politics-Administration Dichotomy ” FROM: PATRICK. M. CHALWE P O BOX 510659‚ CHIPATA‚ ZAMBIA 1.0 INTRODUCTION Concepts of ‘politics-administration dichotomy’ have been a part of emancipatory discourse and practices for the last decades. Advocates of these concepts have claimed that the responsibilities and accountabilities of the politicians (elected) and the bureaucrats (employees) must be separate in concept and practice. But the question still being
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Administration-Politics Dichotomy March 9‚ 2012 MPA5001: Foundations of Public Administration Professor Lewis Administration-Politics Dichotomy represents the existence of a contradictory and exclusive relationship between that of political policies and administrative processes. Our 28th President of the United States‚ Woodrow Wilson saw the country through World War 1 and was unable to convince the US that the League of Nations was a viable effort. The models of Administration-Politics
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