ROBSON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER
- ROBSON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER
- ROBSON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1895–1980), British political
scientist. Born in London, Robson was the son of a pearl dealer and
became the manager of one of Britain's first airports. There, he gave
George Bernard Shaw his first ride in a plane in 1916, and, at Shaw's
suggestion, went to the London School of Economics after he was
demobilized from the Royal Air Force at the conclusion of World War
I. Robson became a barrister in 1922 and lectured in
administrative law at the London School of Economics from 1926 to 1947,
when he was made professor of public administration. During World War
II he held senior administrative positions in government
service, becoming assistant secretary to the Air Ministry in 1943.
Robson's writings were principally concerned with the problem of
modernizing English administrative law, the bureaucracy, and local
government in the era of the welfare state. He strongly favored the
coordination of the academic study of administration and government with
the realities of practical politics and was founder and editor (from
1930 to 1975) of the Political Quarterly, which was designed
to serve this purpose. He was also the author of over 25 books on public
administration including Justice and Administrative Law
(19513), The Development of Local Government
(19543), The Government and Misgovernment of
London (19482), The Civil Service in Britain and
France (1956), and Nationalized Industry and Public
Ownership (19622). From 1952 to 1955 he was president
of the International Political Science Organization.
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