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

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

From Salon • May 12, 2026

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 • Mar. 3, 2026

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 • Feb. 26, 2026

That includes taking a year off from his job to attend the Harvard Kennedy School to receive a public administration master’s degree he could use to aid Venezuela’s economic reconstruction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Social security cannot exist where the limits of public administration are not clearly determined by law, and where the responsibility of all public functionaries is not assured.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel