▁to ▁government . ▁Government ▁cannot ▁be ▁run ▁like ▁a ▁business . ▁Hon oring ▁the ▁Constitution ▁and ▁other ▁dem ocr atic ▁imper atives ▁makes ▁man aging ▁a ▁unit ▁of ▁the ▁government ▁far ▁more ▁challeng ing ▁than ▁a ▁compar able ▁private - se ctor ▁organization ▁( L ow ery ). ▁ ▁Wal do ▁introdu ces ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁The ▁Great ▁Society ▁which ▁he ▁arg ues ▁is ▁based ▁upon ▁the ▁private ▁sector . ▁He ▁( W al do ) ▁also ▁points ▁out ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁business ▁supports ▁the ▁state , ▁while ▁it ▁should ▁be ▁the ▁other ▁way ▁around . ▁In ▁addition , ▁Wal do ▁states ▁that ▁with ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁social ▁tr ends ▁in ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁fundamental ▁laws ▁were ▁er oded ▁by ▁modern ▁ideas ▁thus ▁changing ▁the ▁entire ▁concept ▁of ▁government ▁and ▁public ▁administration . ▁As ▁these ▁trans itions ▁occurred , ▁new ▁manager ial ▁styles ▁emer ged ▁( Art ▁Mad sen , ▁M . Ed .). ▁ ▁Sign ific ance ▁of ▁The ▁Administr ative ▁State ▁▁ ▁D w ight ▁Wal do ’ s ▁book ▁had ▁a ▁long ▁last ing ▁effect ▁on ▁politics , ▁administration , ▁and ▁serving ▁the ▁public . ▁His ▁book ▁had ▁the ▁effect ▁of ▁adding ▁a ▁whole ▁new ▁dimension ▁of ▁insight ▁into ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁public ▁administration . ▁Wal do ▁is ▁a ▁critic ▁of ▁the ▁dich ot omy ▁between ▁politics ▁and ▁administration . ▁Ide ological ▁elements ▁that ▁Wal do ▁discuss es ▁are ▁the ▁tradition ▁of ▁dem ocracy , ▁moral ▁and ▁natural ▁laws ▁that ▁still ▁guide ▁public ▁thinking