TY - JOUR A1 - Wegrich, Kai A1 - Lodge, Martin T1 - Public administration and executive politics: perennial questions in changing contexts T2 - Public Policy and Administration N2 - The fields of political science and public administration are said to be drifting apart. This article argues that a focus on executive politics – the politics of the executive and of the execution of policies – offers a key avenue to maintain a useful conversation that focuses on perennial questions that are shared across research traditions. This conversation should concentrate on the ‘administrative factor’ in political life and the ‘political factor’ in administrative life. This article develops this argument in three steps. First, it defines the field of executive politics. Second, it considers the rationale why a focus on executive politics is pertinent at this particular time. Third, it discusses the challenges that a turn towards executive politics faces. This article concludes by considering the position of British public administration in the field of executive politics. Y1 - 2015 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-hsog/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1038 SN - 0952-0767 VL - 27 IS - 3 SP - 212 EP - 229 PB - Sage CY - Los Angeles [u.a.] ER -