Bringing political science back into public administration research
本文批判性地回顾了政治学与公共行政分离的后果，指出这种分离导致公共行政研究忽视了政治因素，并列举了当前公共部门中凸显行政政治性质的六大发展，认为公共行政研究应重新引入政治学对权力、民主、治理和公民身份的理解。
Abstract The paper critically reviews the consequences of a bifurcation of Political Science and Public Administration. This divorce of two closely related academic fields has removed political explanations to key developments in the public service from Public Administration research and thus it tends to provide a partial view of the reality that it seeks to capture. There are several developments underway in the public sector, which underscore the political nature of public administration. These developments include the rise of administration politics; a growing emphasis on strategic management; governance‐driven democratization and administrative micro‐politics; the increasing significance of interactive and collaborative forms of governance; the rise of multilevel governance; and the development toward a more active citizenship. We find that in all of these areas, public administration research would benefit from incorporating a political science understanding of power, democracy, governance and citizenship.