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MARTINEZ PUON, Rafael. ¿Hacia dónde se dirige el campo de estudio de la administración pública?. Convergencia [online]. 2009, vol.16, n.49, pp.309-329. ISSN 2448-5799.

This essay sets out to selectively explain the evolution of the public administration's field of study and to describe some research trends. In the development of this essay there is a mix of issues: the public administration as a field of study, as a teaching, as a research and professional practice. The essay is divided in the following parts: 1) The changes and transformations of the Public Administration and their impact on the field; 2) The transformation of the division between the public and the private and their impact on the field; 3) Whereto is the field of study going?; 4) What is the experience of México?; And 5) Conclusions.

Palavras-chave : State; public administration; field of study; trends; discipline.