ABSTRACT
This chapter argues for a closer integration of political and administrative thought in the light of the understanding of the dichotomy as a constitutional principle. Waldo's great interest in the relationship between Public Administration and Political Science can in large part be understood from his biography. During the turbulent 1960s, at many American universities the tensions between Political Science and Public Administration rose high. Our understanding of the separation between politics and administration in the state is being hindered by the separation between Political Science and Public Administration in academia. In fact, the phrase 'politics–administration dichotomy' is very uncommon in the Political Science literature. The virtual monopoly of Public Administration in the literature about the dichotomy has created a regrettable one-sidedness in the treatment of the dichotomy from which this study has also suffered. The continuing occupation with the dichotomy in Public Administration may in part by explained by the self-imposed and self-declared identity crisis of the field.
