伦纳德·怀特行政思想的演变——基于四版《行政学导论》的考察

Development of Leonard White's Administrative Thoughts:Based on Inspection of Four Versions of Introduction to the Study of Public Administration

伦纳德·怀特在《行政学导论》中提出四个行政学研究的假设,也是怀特行政思想的核心内容。行政学者们在论文和专著中,无数次引用怀特所提出的这四个假设,却鲜有人探讨这四个假设与行政学研究的关系。在《行政学导论》中,这四个假设并不是一成不变的,尤其是第三个假设,怀特在后期出版的书中越来越强调行政技艺,而不是早期的行政科学。

Leonard White proposed four basic assumptions of public administration in his Introduction to the Study of Public Administration,which are core of his administrative ideas.In the papers and books of administrative scholars,the four hypotheses put forward by White have been quoted many times,but few people discuss the relationship between these four hypotheses and the administrative study.In Introduction to the Study of Public Administration,the individual meanings of his four basic assumptions are never immutable,especially the third one which highlights the elements of administrative art in place of administrative science.