public administration
generic term for the administrations that perform tasks of the state, including bodies governed by public law
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Summary
public administration is an academic discipline[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of academic discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,073 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: civil service[3]
- Part of: state[4], quaternary sector of the economy[5]
- Commons category: Public administration[6]
- Has part(s): public office[7], government administration[8], statutory corporation[9], central government[10], public management[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Public administration[12]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14], New International Encyclopedia[15]
- Short name: APU[16]
- Different from: Cadre deployment[17]
- Studied by: science of public administration[18], sociology of public administration[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
- P10203: 3321[21]
Why It Matters
public administration has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 98 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]