The rise of the global protest movement against government and maladministration should give enormous pause to those in our field who believe that there are administrative reforms that can – on their own – create democratic governance. This article demonstrates that it is precisely this kind of thinking about employing tools of administration that drive the kinds of disconnects we are seeing across the world between citizens and authorities. This kind of thinking represents the ultimate hubris of the study of public administration.

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公共行政的傲慢

反对政府和行政管理不善的全球抗议运动的兴起，应该使我们这一领域的人们大为停顿，他们认为，行政改革可以自己创造民主治理。本文表明，正是这种关于使用管理工具的想法促使我们在全世界看到的公民与当局之间的种种脱节。这种思维代表了公共行政研究的终极傲慢。