Question

President Woodrow Wilson argued that _______________________________________.

Select one:
A. bureaucracies should move from implementing to making laws
B. there should be a strict dichotomy between politics and administration/bureaucracy
C. bureaucracies should be open to patronage
D. bureaucracies should be more responsive to the people

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. there should be a strict dichotomy between politics and administration/bureaucracy

Step-by-step explanation:

In his 1887 essay, the Study of Administration, Woodrow Wilson put forward the theory that there should be a strict dichotomy between politics and administration/bureaucracy. He claims that, although politicians are the ones who set the goals and guidelines for the public administrators to execute, politics and public administration are very different, as administrative issues aren't political matters, but are more akin to business management. Further, he argued that public administration should be managed scientifically, and even considered a science on its own right. Wilson's ideas would be known as the politics-administration dichotomy, and it's been a subject of debate even to this day. For this theory, Woodrow Wilson is considered one of the forefathers of public administration theory.