administrative theory as political theory

1. Administrative TheoryAs Political Theory
Dwight Waldos The Administrative State (1948)
Theories of Bureaucratic Politics

2. Hi, there
Dwight Waldo (1913 October 27, 2000) was an American political scientist and is perhaps the defining figure in modern public administration.
Waldo's career was often directed against a scientific/technical portrayal of bureaucracy and government that suggests the term public management as opposed to public administration.

3. Theories of Bureaucratic Politics
In his book, The Administrative State(1948)
Waldo challenged mainstream scholars' view of public administration at that time

First .

That public administration must be a value-free, non-partisan social science that promised to make government more efficient and effective.

Second, and (probably) the most important .
Waldo argued that administrative scholarship was itself driven by a particular philosophy of politics
am I shrinking ??

Five keys issues in political philosophy are:
Yes, I am!!. Damn

1. The nature of the Good Life
Or a vision of what the good society should look like
Please bring me back to normal size..

2. The criteria of Action
Or the procedures for determining how collective decision should be made
.

3. The question of Who Should Rule
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4. The question of How the powers of the state should be divided and apportioned
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5. The question of centralization vs. decentralization
.
Or the relative merits of a unitary state versus federal system

Mr. Waldo, what is your opinion about administration in modern democratic government?

Administration is frequently claimed to be at the core of modern democratic government, and that this claim helps justifythe entire discipline of public administration
Tell me more about it Sir

If this claim has merit, it implies that democratic theory must deal with administration, and that administrative theory must deal with democratic politics.
Let me digest it slowly

The political philosophy inherent in public administration scholarship not as an attemptto usurp democracy, but as a necessary corrective to save it.
Hmm

At a minimum, I argued, the concept of democracy and all its messy implications had to be brought back into administrative theory
@#$%.....??!

Administrative scholars had to recognize that their central principle -efficiency-was not value neutral, and that its uneasy relationship with democratic principles had to be recognized.
(Waldo 1952, 90)
Its hard for a frog like me..

19. VS
in an essay in American Political Science Review, Waldo singled out Herbert Simons argument of administration

Its about the possibility of a science of administration.

It was conceivable if it (administration) limited its attention to decisions centered on facts as opposed to values.

Decisions of fact were central to the administrative realm, and could be scientifically guided towards the overall goal efficiency.
I do not agree with that..

You just simply recasting the problem by substituting a logical division of politics and administration for an institutional division,
Why?

And was doing so to preserve the central principle of orthodox administrative theory, namely, efficiency.
Whats wrong with efficiency then?

Efficiency could not remain the disciplines talisman against politics, because administration is political.
Efficiency itself is a political claim.
Give me an example

I will give you an example by giving you a question.
Shout it out!

How does one asses the efficiency of, say, a library, or the Department of Defense?
??????

If efficiency is defined as an input-output ratio, one has a choice of inputs and outputs to asses efficiency in both instances,
..

although none is the unassailably objective factual option.
..

As choosing among these options unavoidably involve value decisions, not just facts, efficiency can hardly be value-neutral. (Stone 2002, 65)
Hi, please read the rest of this debate yourself, I went on the offensive. This can be a long conversation!

The central problem of democratic administrative theory, as of all democratic theory, is how to reconcile democracy . . .
Im outta hereDont forget to study!!

I repeat, is how to reconcile democracy . . . with the demands of authority.
Mr. Simon, where are you?
Dont leave me!

I think its time to go. See you guys !!!!. As Mr. Simon said, dont forget to study. No PAIN No GAIN !!

NoONE Left BEHIND !!

This is my final statement, (actually its written in the book :p ),
Waldo bestowed this grand and sweeping question upon the discipline rather than provide its answer, but

The question is surely enough to justify the need to meld administrative theory with political theory,
to motivate the search for a theory of bureaucratic politics.

Thank You!!
For your attention!
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