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Charles Jean Baptiste Bonnin: Pioneer of French Administrative Science

CHARLES JEAN BAPTİSTE BONNİN: FRANSIZ YÖNETİM BİLİMİNİN ÖNCÜSÜ

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257–272
Publication Date
2026-07-16
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He held that an administrator must be educated and fair, possess an understanding of the spirit of the law, be familiar with even the smallest details, and listen to the public.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study aims to provide comprehensive information about Charles Jean Bonnin and his methodologies, as well as to examine his views on administration, administrative science, administrator and public administration through literature review and descriptive analysis method.
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Abstract

This study aims to provide comprehensive information about Charles Jean Bonnin and his methodologies, as well as to examine his views on administration, administrative science, administrator and public administration through literature review and descriptive analysis method. Bonnin is a well-known figure known by almost everyone who works in the field of especially administrative science and public administration, and he is frequently cited in academic studies in these fields, however he is the least known and almost unstudied. This lacune in the literature automatically reveals the importance of this study. Bonnin became effective in the formation of the discipline of administrative science. With his contributions, administration, as a part of social sciences, has become a science with a system of principles organized according to a certain methodology. Throughout his life, Bonnin was particularly interested in the subject of method and emphasized the importance of reason and evidence, especially concerning matters of administration and government. For him; administration, administrative science and public administration are indispensable. The concepts of administration, government and judiciary also have an important place in Bonnin's thought. For him, administration is not equal government. Although government necessarily includes administration and judiciary; judiciary is only an outcome of administration and, in essence, everything depends on administration. One of the issues of central importance in Bonnin's thought is the administrator. He held that an administrator must be educated and fair, possess an understanding of the spirit of the law, be familiar with even the smallest details, and listen to the public.

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Bu çalışma, Charles Jean B. Bonnin ve metodu hakkında kapsamlı bilgi vermeyi ve onun yönetim, yönetim bilimi, yönetici ve kamu yönetimine ilişkin düşüncelerini kaynak tarama ve betimsel analiz yöntemiyle incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bonnin; özellikle yönetim bilimi, kamu yönetimi alanında çalışma yapan neredeyse herkes tarafından iyi bilinen, bu alanlarda yapılan akademik çalışmalarda kendisine sıklıkla yer verilen, bununla birlikte hakkında en az bilgi sahibi olunan ve üzerine neredeyse çalışma yapılmamış olan bir isimdir. Alanyazındaki bu boşluk, çalışmanın önemini kendiliğinden ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Bonnin, yönetim bilimi disiplininin oluşmasında etkili olmuştur. Onun katkılarıyla yönetim, sosyal bilimlerin bir parçası olarak, belirli bir metodolojiye göre düzenlenmiş ilkeler sistemi olan bir bilim haline gelmiştir. Bonnin, yaşadığı dönemde metot konusuna özel ilgi göstermiştir. Özellikle yönetim ve hükümet konularında akıl ve kanıtların üstünlüğünü vurgulamıştır. Onun düşüncesinde yönetim, yönetim bilimi ve kamu yönetimi olmazsa olmazdır. Bonnin’in düşüncesinde yönetim, hükümet ve yargı kavramları da önemli bir yere sahiptir. Ona göre, yönetim eşittir hükümet değildir. Hükümet zorunlu olarak yönetim ve yargıyı içermesine rağmen, yargı yönetimin yalnızca bir sonucudur ve esas olarak, her şey yönetime bağlıdır. Bonnin’in düşüncesinde merkezi bir öneme sahip konulardan biri de yöneticidir. Ona göre, yönetici eğitimli ve adil olmalıdır, kanunların ruhunu bilmelidir, en küçük ayrıntılara hâkim olmalı ve halkını dinlemelidir.

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Berk, P. (2026). Charles Jean Baptiste Bonnin: Pioneer of French Administrative Science. Ombudsman Akademik, Sayı: 24, 257–272. https://doi.org/10.32002/ombudsmanakademik.1850226

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