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100 _aReoberts, Alasdair.
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245 _aShould we defend the adminstrative state?
260 _aPublic Administration Review
300 _a80(3), May-Jun, 2020: p.391-401
520 _aTroubled by actions of the Donald Trump administration, some academics have defended the administrative state. This may be a mistake. The scholarly definition of the administrative state has shifted over decades, and today scholarly usage of the term often diverges substantially from popular usage. When academics invoke the concept, they may unwittingly trigger negative associations in the minds of nonacademics and defeat their own cause. This mistake is easily avoided, because academics often do not need to talk about the administrative state at all. Research would be improved by using different terms to describe three distinct ideas: the state, administrative systems within the state, and the administrative state, which is best understood as a type of state that emerged at a specific moment in American history. If academics want to defend the public service in the realm of politics, it would be better to do so in those terms, rather than using a phrase that often triggers fears about big and irresponsible government. - Reproduced
773 _aPublic Administration Review
906 _aADMINISTRATIVE STATE - UNITED STATES
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