Citizenship and Service Delivery: The Promise of Coproduction
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Latently, the great taxpayer movement of 1978, has served to teach public administrators. Especially in the case of California's Proposition 13, public administrators have been sobered. The rationale underlying Proposition 13 is analyzed. A primary element of that rationale is the alienation of the ordinary citizen from government actions and decisions. The way in which citizens legitimize their government is addressed. The legitimacy has faded in the United States due to such events as Vietnam and Watergate, as well as conditions of intense spatial mobility, urbanization, and institutional fragmentation. The lack of general confidence in public servants has never been higher in the twentieth century. There is widespread belief that bureaucrats have enormous power desires and are lazy. Service delivery alternatives are featured, as are tables of arrangement data.
Publication Name: Public Administration Review
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0033-3352
Year: 1984
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Government's Responsibility for Citizenship and the Quality of Community Life
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Four types of participation, viewed in toto, may effect the basis for public policy aimed at promoting citizenship at a community level in modern times. These include the representation of special interests, collective problem solving, delegated choices via the correct establishment of public policies, and the coproduction of public services. Each of these aspects is analyzed. The greatest trend of locality government is the corporatist linking of local government and financial sectors. The success of a government may be determined through the policy standards and their responsiveness, effectiveness, and equitability. The active involvement of the citizenry in forming and implementing policies is necessary to have an effective democratic government. Response and discussion follows the article.
Publication Name: Public Administration Review
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0033-3352
Year: 1984
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