Multiple choice

'The science of Administration is the latest fruit of that study of the science of Politics which was begun some twenty-two hundred years ago.' This statement was made by:

  1. J.M. Gaus

  2. Frank Goodnow

  3. L.D. White

  4. Woodrow Wilson
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Explanation

Woodrow Wilson made this statement in his 1887 essay, 'The Study of Administration'. He noted that while politics had been studied since antiquity (referencing Aristotle), the systematic study of administration was a much more recent development. This reflects his call for a distinct science of administration.

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