Executive Leadership and Administration

1 February 1986

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Administration & Society

Vol. 17 (4) , 411-432
https://doi.org/10.1177/009539978601700402

Abstract

The theories of administration advanced by the Founders and by Woodrow Wilson bear striking similarities. First, the Founders and Wilson alike thought it impossible to discuss administration proper without raising profound political questions such as the proper separation of powers, the nature and amount of executive energy, and the role of reason and passion in public life. Second, both agreed on the necessity of an energetic executive that was both unitary and responsible. But despite these areas of agreement, Wilson and the Founders disagreed on several issues, perhaps nowhere more fundamentally than on the source of executive energy and the character of public leadership.

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