The Politics-Administration Dichotomy: Was Woodrow Wilson Misunderstood or Misquoted (original) (raw)
Literature which explored the theories of “politics-administration dichotomy” remains divided as to whether Woodrow Wilson was the author of the politics-administration dichotomy theory or not. While classical literature seems to agree that Woodrow Wilson was the author and champion of the politics-administration dichotomy, contemporary literature seems to disagree, claiming that those who ascribe the politics-administration dichotomy to Wilson have misunderstood and/or are misquoting him. The objective of this paper is to analyse all available electronic and printed material to provide unequivocal evidences that the theory of politics-administration dichotomy was conceived and promoted by Woodrow Wilson’s own writing. The paper also provides evidence that Wilson was neither misunderstood nor misquoted as claimed by some authors. This paper also shows that Wilson and anyone who advocated the politics-administration dichotomy (i.e., separation of politics and administration in government) lost the battle to those who advocated what this paper calls “politics-administration complementarity”.
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