Concept information
Preferred term
administrative state
Definition
- The term administrative state denotes political systems in contemporary developed nations with rationally organized, technically oriented government agencies that play large, central, and powerful roles in the formulation of public policy and the implementation of government services, constraints, functions, and programs. The term came into common usage in political science with the publication of Dwight Waldo's classic 1948 book The Administrative State. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Administrative State]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/administrative_state
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