'''The Study of Administration''' is a groundbreaking article written by [[Woodrow Wilson]] in 1887, in which he argues for centralization of administration in what would become an [[Administrative State]], with administrators separated from the back and forth of elections and politics.<ref>[http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/woodrow-wilson-on-administration Woodrow Wilson on Administration]</ref>
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| image = Study of Administration.jpg
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| caption = Wilson's most important<br />academic work<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=33uupwdgNLgC&pg=PA130 The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal: The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism], The Administrative State</ref>
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| author = [[Woodrow Wilson]]
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| language = English
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| yearpublished = 1887
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'''The Study of Administration''' is a groundbreaking article written by future president [[Woodrow Wilson]] in which he argues for the centralization of administration. Signaling the birth of the [[Administrative State]], Wilson argued for the necessity of administrators separated from the back and forth of elections and politics.<ref>[http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/woodrow-wilson-on-administration Woodrow Wilson on Administration]</ref>
==Separation from Politics==
==Separation from Politics==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=NWrtGbS6whsC&pg=PA197 The Study of Administration], Full Text (June, 1887)
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=NWrtGbS6whsC&pg=PA197 The Study of Administration], Full Text (June, 1887)
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=33uupwdgNLgC&pg=PA130 The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal: The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism], The Administrative State