Question

Woodrow Wilson favored the separation of administration from politics ____

(A) to enable administrators to do their jobs without bias or political pressure.
(B) to protect the political process from the distortions of bureaucracy.
(C) to Americanize bureaucratic institutions that originated in Europe.
(D) to fulfill the constitutional mandate of separation of powers.

Answer 1

(A) to enable administrators to do their jobs without bias or political pressure.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the main reason why Woodrow Wilson favored the separation of administration from politics. Wilson believed that bureaucracy had a particular job to do. It was responsible of ensuring that the institutions of the state continued in an efficient, equitable and unbiased way. However, this would have been impossible if administration was not separate from politics. This is because administrators would most likely be pressured into following a particular ideology when conducting their work. They would also be more likely to be pressured by political groups, or chosen based on their particular political allegiance. All of these would damage the objectivity and continuity of state institutions.