so let the author of the present article be that
“one.” Inaugurating the study of administration is itself an act of closure (an ideology) seeking
to establish a system of order under a perceived threat of disorder. Put differently, as I will discuss
further below, public administration that follows a Wilsonian path is best understood
through Rancière’s concept of la police. As a system of order, Wilsonian public administration
does not seek the proper balance of politics and administration; it is premised on the elimination
of politics altogether. I hope to show that this is a thoroughly uncontroversial claim that fully
dissolves any appeal to neutrality for the field.