Public Administration is the heart of the problem of modern government . Comment.

Answer: Administration has become the heart of the problem of modern government. Approach has to be centered around Paradigm 1: Politics/Administration Dichotomy, 1900-1926

• The Locus of PA should be the center of government’s bureaucracy. 

• Wilson, in his pioneering book in 1926, “Introduction to PA” made critical assumptions that formed the basis on the study of PA: –

Administration is unitary process that can be studied uniformly, at the federal, state and local levels;- The basis for study is management,
not law.

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