study of administration
Woodrow Wilson 's article “Study of Administration” gives its current readers the brief idea of how government and its people viewed administration in the past as well as informing the readers of the implementation of administration. The article starts by telling the audience that science of administration is too large of a topic and should not be in a sub category of political science. Although the two categories are rather similar Wilson uses a German writer named Biuntschli as an example for stating the difference of the two. Wilson (1887) writes:
Biuntschli, for instance, bids us separate administration alike from politics and from law.2 Politics, he says, is state activity "in things great and universal," while "administration, on the other hand," is "the activity of the state in individual and small things. Politics is thus the special province of the statesman, administration of the technical official." "Policy does nothing without the aid of administrations; but administration is not therefore politics. (p 10)
So, Wilson also believed that although the two are similar they are not the same. For example, an alligator is similar to a crocodile. They are both reptilian and live in water; however, they are classified as either a crocodile or an alligator because they come from different families. Most alligators are a sub group of crocodile family and resemble closely to each other; however, they are not classified as just crocodiles. Wilson (1887) writes:
The field of administration is a field of business. It is removed from the hurry and strife of politics; it at most points stands apart even from the debatable ground of constitutional study. Most important to be observed is the truth already so much and so fortunately insisted upon by our civil-service reformers; namely, that administration lies outside the proper sphere of politics. (p. 9)
Although alligators and crocodiles are different from political science and science of administration they
Biuntschli, for instance, bids us separate administration alike from politics and from law.2 Politics, he says, is state activity "in things great and universal," while "administration, on the other hand," is "the activity of the state in individual and small things. Politics is thus the special province of the statesman, administration of the technical official." "Policy does nothing without the aid of administrations; but administration is not therefore politics. (p 10)
So, Wilson also believed that although the two are similar they are not the same. For example, an alligator is similar to a crocodile. They are both reptilian and live in water; however, they are classified as either a crocodile or an alligator because they come from different families. Most alligators are a sub group of crocodile family and resemble closely to each other; however, they are not classified as just crocodiles. Wilson (1887) writes:
The field of administration is a field of business. It is removed from the hurry and strife of politics; it at most points stands apart even from the debatable ground of constitutional study. Most important to be observed is the truth already so much and so fortunately insisted upon by our civil-service reformers; namely, that administration lies outside the proper sphere of politics. (p. 9)
Although alligators and crocodiles are different from political science and science of administration they
References: Wilson, W. (1887). Study of administration. Political Science Quarterly 2, 1-16.