public administration

Public Administration Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Public Administration The correlation between the political and the administrative arms of Government has over time been an issue of great contention, especially during an election period. It even becomes worse when a Government has served for a long period of terms. Here, accusations of extreme responsiveness, ‘cowed’ public service, and politicization tend to increase with regard to political cycles. In this regard, incoming Governments are apprehensive of the public service system they inherit. Consequently, longstanding Governments are perceived to have compromised both the professional and the apolitical standing of the public service by successively ensuring responsiveness in the sector. With regard to the election climate, the above alluded suspicions tend to acquire a superior political profile, and the customary bureaucratic response from the public service is to shut down and obey the incoming Governance traits. Based upon these reasons, this writing will establish the interface between the public service and the elected government. Politics-administration dichotomy refers to the existence of a paradoxical and elite relationship between administrative processes political policies (Rabin & Bowman, 1984). It entails that; administrative decisions ought to be made without any political influence. This aspect is central to the Westminster model of Government by virtue of dual nature. First and foremost, Westminster model of Government represents a democratic system of Governance modeled subsequent to the political affairs of the United Kingdom. The system has a succession of processes and procedures requi...