state administration
Official governing body
State administration refers to the governmental apparatus that implements policies and manages public affairs at the state level, as distinct from federal or local government.
It encompasses the executive agencies, departments, and bureaucratic structures that carry out laws and deliver services: She worked in state administration for twenty years before retiring.
The term may also describe the current leadership of a state government: The new state administration promised to reform education funding.
- executive branchGovernment's implementing arm
- civil serviceGovernment's administrative workforce
- ministriesGovernment administrative divisions
- government officeOfficial administrative department
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
decentralization · gubernatorial · budgeting · budget cuts · tax dollars · healthcare systems · federalism · auditing · regulatory agencies · education systems · crisis management · personnel management · hiring freeze · public consultation · administrative law · legislative branch · offices · corner office
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- French governmentregions, prefecture, departments, communes, departement
- government administrationgovernment agencies, ministries, civil servants, public officials, regulatory agencies
- administrative lawadjudication, judicial review, regulatory agency, natural justice, rulemaking
state administrationfederal administration
National executive governing body
federal government · national government · federal bureaucracy · central government · federal agencies
state administrationprivate sector
Economy outside government control
private enterprise · corporate management · business administration · free market · private ownership
state administrationanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
self-governance · grassroots organization · direct democracy · statelessness