General Studies · Nature & Evolution of Public Administration
Public Administration is characterized by a dual nature, functioning both as a practical governmental activity and a systematic field of academic study. Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between these two aspects?
- 1The academic study of Public Administration is limited to the enforcement of law and order, while the practical activity encompasses sociology and political science.
- 2Both the practical activity of government and the academic discipline of Public Administration emerged simultaneously during the 18th century under Cameralism.
- 3The practical activity of administering government affairs is as old as political society, while the systematic academic study of the field is only about a hundred years old.✓
- 4The systematic academic study of Public Administration is as old as political society itself, predating the practical activity of government.
Correct answer
The practical activity of administering government affairs is as old as political society, while the systematic academic study of the field is only about a hundred years old.
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