Difficulties and Issues in Public Administration (Essay Sample)

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What strike me about the histories presented are the difficulties that prevailed and dominated public administration over the last one hundred years. For instance, the industrial revolution and progressive era from 1890 to 1920 was characterized by utter chaos. As opined by Lough (2016), urban centers during this period were shamefully mismanaged with the government failing to regulate aspects like business, labor provision, and the citizenry’s well-being. Moreover, there was massive corruption as positions of leadership were reserved for the rich who sought to profit from public office (Lough, 2016). However, it is remarkable that a burgeoning class of political reformers and social activities began to advocate for the strengthening of public municipalities to realize better service delivery to citizens. Accordingly, progressives and public administrators in the early 20th century sought solutions to prevailing problems by employing reason and science in their policy recommendations to the government (Kosar & Schachter, 2011). In my role as