Owing to the challenge posed by the behaviorist, the discipline of Public Administration passed through the crisis of identity in the fourth phase.
Because pre 1947 viewpoint upheld the politics – administration dichotomy and the post 1947 view point advocated their fusion.
Pfeiffer stated that politics and administration are so intermingled and confused that a clear distinction is difficult.
Kingsley saw Administration as a branch of Politics.
Paul Apple-by upheld the fusion view, He said at higher levels administration is more generalized, takes on a greater political character and has a total governmental significance. At lower levels, it is less political and more particularization.
Waldo in his Administrative State (1948) Widened the orientation of Public Administration to include policy issues and decision - making processes.
On the other hand, many political scientists began to argue that the true objective of Public Administration was “intellectualized understanding” of the executive. There was also a talk of continued ‘dominion of political science over Public Administration.’
In Short, this period witnessed the spectacle of Political – Science not only letting Public Administration separate itself from it, but also not fostering and encouraging its growth and development within its own field.
Therefore, in the post world war II period, the credentials of Public Administration to being a science and a distinct discipline and apart from political, - Science were questioned. This led to the twin development of Public Administration being viewed as political science an also as an Administration science.
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