Unit-3 Public Administration And Other Social Sciences

In this unit, we shall examine the place of Public Administration among Social Sciences and its relations with other Social Sciences.

Explain the integrated nature of social phenomena with illustrations.

Explain the distinction between the nature of Physical Sciences and that, of Social Sciences.

llustrate the relationship between Political Science and Public Administration

"Social system influences administrative system" Comment.

Explain the distinction between the nature of Physical Sciences and that, of Social Sciences.

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At first, knowledge was viewed as a single entity in which various subjects of study could be regarded as different dimensions of it.
Later, we find subjects divided into sciences such as Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Social Sciences.
But just as the way we call Physical Sciences whish deal with physical phenomena as exact Science or Sciences, we cannot call Social Sciences which deal with human beings as Sciences.
The reason is that, the social phenomena in which human beings play a major role cannot be studied in as rigorous a way as the physical phenomena can be.
Moreover, no Social Science can claim such exactness as to be able to make predictions. This, however, does not mean that it is impossible to evolve valid laws about human behaviour. The contribution of Sigmond Freud to Psychology cannot be ignored.
The point is that the level of exactness which is attainable in Physical Sciences is not possible in Social Sciences.
ü'Facts' in Physical Sciences, unlike those in Social Sciences, need not be related to any prescribed setting or context.