Question

Short note on feminist perspective on public administration

Answer 1

Explanation:

Public administration is generally understood as the implementation of public

policies. It executes laws as mandated by the legislature. In such a view, public

administration belongs in the executive domain of governments. It may thus be said

that in modern democracies, public administration works upon the goal of translating

the will of the people into action. Woodrow Wilson famously defined public

administration as the “detailed and systematic execution of law.” He went on to say

that “Every particular application of law is an act of law. Administration is the most

obvious part of the Government; it is the government in action; it is the executive, the

operative, the most visible side of the Government (Wilson 1886). Wilson’s views on

public administration was also a product of the times when the idea of welfare state

was taking firm roots in Europe as well as in America. The increasing acceptance of

welfare conception of the state entailed a necessary widening of the scope of public

administration.