Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET July 2016 Political Science
According to Peter Self, the study of public administration developed as an offshoot of which one of the following?
APolitical Science or Public Law ✓ Correct
BPolitics or Ethics
CPublic Policy or Public Meeting
DPolitical System or Interest Aggregation
Correct answer: (A) Political Science or Public Law — Peter Self held that public administration developed as an offshoot of Political Science or Public Law, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Peter Self held that public administration developed as an offshoot of Political Science or Public Law, so that is the answer.
★Political science studies the role of the state, its institutions and the philosophy of governance.
★Public administration grew out of this concern, focusing on the practical implementation and management of state policies.
★This link is why Woodrow Wilson, a political scientist, is credited with founding the modern study of administration in 1887.
★In Continental Europe the discipline drew heavily on public law and the legal training of officials.
★Politics or ethics is wrong because ethics is a value-inquiry, not the parent discipline of administration.
★Public policy and interest aggregation are later subfields and activities, not the original root of the discipline.
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