PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION THEORIES AND BUREAUCRATIC ADMINISTRATION DIMENSIONS

Abstract

Public administration is a discipline that has long been developed.  Theories concerning the area of public administration have been proposed and categorized into various paradigms such as ones in terms of evolution and periods; bureaucratic administration and public services; and capacity for explaining phenomena concerned.  These categorized theories can be used to explain bureaucratic administration in Thailand in 5 dimensions: 1) the relational dimension between administration and politics through the Theory of Political Control of Bureaucracy and the Theory of Bureaucratic Politics; 2) the institutional dimension through the Theory of Public Institution; 3) the management dimension through the Theory of New Public Management; 4) the executive decisional dimension through Decision Theory and Rational Choice Theory; and 5) the holistic dimension through Postmodern Theory and the Theory of Governance.