Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET June 2015 Political Science
The 'Public Choice Approach' to public administration came into existence in the:
A1850s
B1920s
C1960s ✓ Correct
D1990s
Correct answer: (C) 1960s — The public choice approach came into existence in the 1960s, so the answer is the 1960s.
Explanation
★The public choice approach came into existence in the 1960s, so the answer is the 1960s.
★It applies the tools of economics, methodological individualism and rational choice, to political and administrative questions.
★Vincent Ostrom popularised it for public administration, arguing it is the most appropriate way to study the field.
★William Niskanen is regarded as a pioneer of public choice writing on bureaucracy, treating officials as self-interested budget maximisers.
★It draws ideological support from the New Right and favours competition, privatisation and contracting out.
★The 1850s and 1920s are too early, as the approach rests on mid-twentieth-century economic theory.
★The 1990s is too late, since the approach was already well established by then through James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock.
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