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Public Administration ~~> -broadly refers to the development, implementation and study of branches of government policy -the government in action -the management of public affairs or the implementation of public policies -whatever gov. does for good or ill -it is PA's political con...

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POL 206 Midterm Questions and
Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025
Public Administration

✓ ~~> -broadly refers to the development, implementation and study of

branches of government policy

✓ -the government in action

✓ -the management of public affairs or the implementation of public

policies

✓ -whatever gov. does for good or ill

✓ -it is PA's political context that makes it public

-that distinguishes it from private or business administration



Areas of PA Definition

✓ ~~> 1. political

2. legal

3. managerial

4. occupational



Goals of Public Administration

✓ ~~> 1. pursuing the public good

2. enhancing civil society

3. ensuring a well-run, fair and effective public service




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PA Political Definition

✓ ~~> -Is what government does

-Both direct and indirect

-Phase in the public policymaking cycle

-Implementing public interest

-Doing collectively what can not be done so well individually



Direct

✓ ~~> -when government employees provide services to the public

-ex: mail delivery, electricity



Indirect

✓ ~~> -when government pays private contractors to provide public

goods or services to citizens

-ex: security officers who are not part of the armed forces but are employed

by private contractors to help protect workers in the oil fields in Iraq



PA Legal Definition

✓ ~~> -law in action

-regulation

-king's Largesse

-theft




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PA Managerial Definition

✓ ~~> -the executive function of government

-management specialty

-Mickey Mouse

-art, science, craft?



PA Occupational Definition

✓ ~~> -occupational category

-essay contest

-idealism in action

-academic field

-a profession



Woodrow Wilson

✓ ~~> -believed the study of PA could enable officials to increase

governmental efficiency

-centralization of power through decentralized government functions

-argued that political science should concentrate on the more generally

neglected details of how governments are administered

-"necessary because it is getting harder to run a constitution than to frame

one"



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