Woodrow Wilson's Call for Public Administration

This is a brief introduction to Woodrow Wilson's "A Study of Administration". Although there has been criticism towards accrediting the politics administration dichotomy to Wilson (Van Riper 1984), the previous notion of the dichotomy referred to politics as partisan rather than policy dependent (Rosenbloom 2008). For this reason, I provided the traditional interpretation.

Rosenbloom, David. 2008. "The Politics-Administration Dichotomy in U.S. Historical Context." Public Administration Review. 68(1):57-60.

Van Riper, Paul P. 1984. The Politics-Administration Dichotomy: Concept or Reality. In Politics and Administration: Woodrow Wilson and Public Administration, edited by Jack Rabin and James Bowman. 203-218. New York: Marcel-Dekker.

Wilson, Woodrow. 1887. "A Study of Administration." Political Science Quarterly. 2(2):197-222.

Note: The introduction suggests that the title begins with "The". However, Wilson's article begins with "A". The apostrophe at 3:02 is intentional as it indicates the power being possessed by sovereign people rather than referencing a group.