The limits of administration: A response to christopher hood

Abstract

The development of states coincides with the continuous (re)definition of administrative limits, according to Kutsal Yesilkagit, in this response to Christopher Hood. Hood's thought-provoking essay suggests putting the concept of administrative limits to greater use as an analytical concept and explores the idea of administrative limits from three basic ways of thinking: cybernetics, economics and cultural theory. This author critically analyzes one of Hood's main conclusions-that different types of administrative limits may exist, and that "what kinds of limits we find where is likely to remain a central and contested issue in administrative analysis." Copyright © 2010 The American Society for Public Administration.