Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET October 2022 Political Science
Who is the author of 'The Study of Public Administration'?
AE. N. Gladden
BWoodrow Wilson
CDwight Waldo ✓ Correct
DR. A. Warner
Correct answer: (C) Dwight Waldo — Dwight Waldo wrote 'The Study of Public Administration', so the answer is Dwight Waldo.
Explanation
★Dwight Waldo wrote 'The Study of Public Administration', so the answer is Dwight Waldo.
★He used it to challenge the idea that administration is a value-neutral, mechanical activity.
★Waldo argued that public servants act as political and moral agents within a democracy.
★He pressed for transparency, due process and public access to government.
★His wider work, especially 'The Administrative State', reshaped how the field views values and theory.
★Woodrow Wilson wrote the 1887 essay 'The Study of Administration', a different and earlier piece.
★E. N. Gladden and R. A. Warner are not the authors of this work, so those options are wrong.
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