Administration (government)
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The term Administration, as used in the context of government, differs according to jurisdiction.
[edit] United States
In US usage, term refers to the executive branch under a specific president (or sometimes governor, mayor, or other local executive), for example: the "Bush administration". (Most other English-speaking countries use the analogous term government, as in the "Blair government".) It can also mean an executive branch agency headed by an administrator: these agencies tend to have a regulatory function as well as an administrative function. On occasion, people in the U.S. will use the term to refer to the time a given person was president, e.g. "they've been married since the Carter administration."
[edit] Europe
Usage in Europe varies by country, but most typically the term refers to the local government, or the hierarchy of national and local government, that applies to a town or district. More specifically, it may refer to Public administration, the business of administering public policy as determined by government
[edit] See also
- Public administration
- Administration for other meanings of the word.
