Abstract The issue of politics-admi

Abstract The issue of politics-administration dichotomy as one of the five great
issues in the field of public administration has had a strange history. For more than a
century it has been one of the most disreputable notions in the field of public
administration. At the heart of the public administration is the relationship between
administrators, on one hand, and politicians and the public on the other hand. The nature
of that relationship and the proper role of political leaders and administrators in the
administrative and political process have been the subject of considerable debate. The
purpose of this article is to review of relationship between politics and administration in
different time periods.