Charles-Jean Baptiste Bonnin is a progressive French thinker, considered the founder of the worldwide science of Public Administration. Besides, his ‘Social Doctrine’ situates him amongst the initiators of the science later known as Sociology. Auguste Comte, described Bonnin as a “mature and energetic man, a person with a spontaneous deep kinship for positivism and in whom we can find the true spirit of Revolution”.
Nowadays, his countrymen give him the tribute he deserves. His main work ‘Principles of Public Administration”, has been re-edited and published on-line - in the original French version and in a Spanish translation - it's easier to access to it. However, this is mainly thanks to the edition produced by Mexico’s Fondo de Cultura Económica in 2004.
The first time I heard about Bonnin, was in a class of Introduction to the Study of Government and Public Management. It caught my attention because of the little attention and recognition it has today, being called the father of Public Administration, issue which my professor emphasized in class.
I remember in one class the teacher mentioned it. It is always good to know these authors.
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