Evolution and Development of Public Administration

Abstract

The term public Administration stands for two implications. Firstly, it refers to the activity of administrating the affairs of the government like enforcement of law and order. Secondly, it refers to a branch of study like political science, sociology etc. Public administration as a discipline is not a very old one. In fact, it was originated in 1887, when the former American president Woodrow Wilson wrote an article entitled ‘the study of Administration’ in ‘political science quarterly’ however public administration as a practice , is as old as our civilization. Evolution refers to a gradual unfolding of development of things in the course of time. When the past, present, and future are considered in terms of a continuum, the study of the past or of history becomes all the more significant. The past not only foreshadows the present but also serves as its matrixes.