Administrative history: contents, meaning and usefulness
- 60(1), Mar 1994, p.117-29
The article focusses administrative history should also have an eye for the legitimacy of government, the societal context in which it is embedided, as well as the balance between public and private institutions. Many authors would agree with the idea that the development of administration cannot be understood without attention to the society in which it is embedded. Webers(1980) theory on bureaucratization makes more sense when presented in relation to his theory of the rationalization process. Therefore questions about the function of administration/government and politics in society in various ages are important, as are question about the relationship and citizen and between public and private actors in its