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Political Approach to Public Administration in Iran’s Public Sector

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Synonyms

Politicization of public administration; Politics and administration

Definition

Politicization of public organizations refers to this fact that administrators in public sectors pay more attention to politics rather than administration.

Introduction

One of the most popular approaches to public administration is political approach. Generally, political approach to public sector claims public servants should be a partial or bureaucratic advocate. Thus, politicians try to control over public administration could be a reflection of political approach. At the heart of political approach, there are politics and administration, the two simple words with a world of complexity in relation to each other that make one of the most challenging issues for political and administrative experts.

There is no doubt, every administration in every country adheres to politics, but the degree of this adherence in different countries – related to their different situations and backgrounds – is not...

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  1. Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

    Hassan Danaeefard

  2. Public Administration, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Masoumeh Mostafazadeh

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Danaeefard, H., Mostafazadeh, M. (2017). Political Approach to Public Administration in Iran’s Public Sector. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3366-1

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