public administration

American  

noun

1. the implementation of public policy, largely by the executive branch.

2. a field of study preparing persons for careers in such work.

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public administration

She eventually added a Master’s degree in public administration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

We are researchers who study the intersection of technology, law and public administration.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

He pushed constitutional reforms aimed at preventing any future slide into authoritarian rule, and to overhaul a "completely broken-down" system of public administration.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

"The government had executed every means in public administration to quickly resolve the urgent issues overwhelming the country… but running the country requires stability," Anutin wrote in the decree endorsed by Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

It serves always," he tells them, "to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne