Political Science · Public Administration
Which is/are correct about the NPA (New Public Administration) movement?
- 1. It was an attempt to restore values and public-spiritedness to public administration
- 2. NPA tried to align public administration with the concept of the welfare state
- 3. The public administrator was to be like a guardian and well-wisher of the citizen and a social change agent
- 4. The Philadelphia Conference on the Theory and Practice of Public Administration initiated the NPA movement
A1, 2 and 3 ✓ Correct
B1, 2 and 4
C2, 3 and 4
D1, 2, 3 and 4
Correct answer: (A) 1, 2 and 3 — Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
Explanation
★Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
★NPA sought to restore values and public-spiritedness to a value-neutral discipline.
★It aligned public administration with the welfare state and social equity.
★It cast the administrator as a guardian, well-wisher and agent of social change.
★Statement 4 is wrong, because the NPA movement was initiated by the first Minnowbrook Conference.
★The Minnowbrook Conference of 1968 was led by Dwight Waldo with young scholars.
★So it was Minnowbrook, not Philadelphia, that launched the New Public Administration.
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