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James Quinn Wilson was born in Denver, Colorado, but grew up mostly in Long Beach, Calif. His father, Claude Wilson, worked as a salesman. His mother, Marie, was a stay-at-home mom. [12] He served in the US Navy during the Korean War, but did not see combat. [13] Wilson enjoyed scuba diving. [14]
Portrait of Woodrow Wilson 1919. Woodrow Wilson is credited with the politics-administration dichotomy via his theories on public administration in his 1887 essay, "The Study of Administration". Wilson came up with a theory that politics and administration are inherently different and should be approached as such. [3]
Bureaucracy (/ b j ʊəˈr ɒ k r ə s i /; bure-OK-rə-see) is a system of organization where decisions are made by a body of non-elected officials. [1] Historically, a bureaucracy was a government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected officials. [2]
Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It, a 1989 book by James Q. Wilson; Celestial bureaucracy, the pantheon of Chinese mythology; Red tape, excessive regulation or adherence to standardized procedure; Street-level bureaucracy, individuals who implement laws and public policies
American Government is a 2012 textbook, now in its seventeenth edition, by the noted public administration scholar James Q. Wilson and political scientist John J. DiIulio, Jr. DiIulio is a Democrat who served as the director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives under president George W. Bush in 2001.
Wilson very much so tried to establish a distinction between politics and administration; he saw administration as a field of business which lies outside politics. He thought the theory of public administration existed simply because of technicalities and was around for the behind the scenes business aspect of politics.
Quincy Wilson (center) made history as the youngest U.S. male track Olympian of all time when he competed in the 4x400-meter relay preliminary round at just 16 years old.
This list of public administration scholars includes notable theorists, academics, and researchers from public administration, public policy, and related fields such as economics, political science, management, administrative law.