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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Example Sentences

“It certainly looks for now that it is continuing to expand,” William C. Banks, a professor emeritus at Syracuse University’s Public Administration and International Affairs Department, told Salon on Monday.

From Salon

He told Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, who is black and has degrees in chemical engineering and public administration, “I’m like you. I’m no better than you. You know, I’m a 960 SAT guy. And I’m not trying to offend anyone, trying to act all there if you got 940.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The national strategy launched last year - known as Digital Ethiopia 2030 - is the government's blueprint for digitising public services, from identity systems and payments to courts and public administration.

From BBC

Partisanship, the first president observed, “serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In the evening, she studied public administration in a remote program of the University of Oklahoma and earned her second master’s degree.

From The Wall Street Journal