The New Public Service

Serving, Not Steering
4. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-89121-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 552 g

The New Public Service: Serving, not Steering provides a framework for the many voices calling for the reaffirmation of democratic values, citizenship, and service in the public interest. It is organized around a set of seven core principles: (1) serve citizens, not customers; (2) seek the public interest; (3) value citizenship and public service above entrepreneurship; (4) think strategically, act democratically; (5) recognize that accountability isn’t simple; (6) serve, rather than steer; and (7) value people, not just productivity.

The New Public Service asks us to think carefully and critically about what public service is, why it is important, and what values ought to guide what we do and how we do it. It celebrates what is distinctive, important, and meaningful about public service and considers how we might better live up to those ideals and values. The revised fourth edition includes a new chapter that examines how the role and significance of these New Public Service values have expanded in practice and research over the past 15 years.

Although the debate about governance will surely continue for many years, this compact, clearly written volume both provides an important framework for a public service based on citizen discourse and the public interest and demonstrates how these values have been put into practice. It is essential reading fo students and serious practitioners in public administration and public policy.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Denhardt, Janet V.

Denhardt, Robert B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Public Administration and the New Public Management 2. The Roots of the New Public Service 3. Serve Citizens, Not Customers 4. Seek the Public Interest 5. Value Citizenship over Entrepreneurship 6. Think Strategically, Act Democratically 7. Recognize That Accountability Isn’t Simple 8. Serve Rather than Steer 9. Value People, Not Just Productivity 10. The New Public Service and Citizen Engagement: Cases and Recommendations 11. Fifteen Years Later: Are We Rowing, Steering, or Serving? 12. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Janet V. Denhardt is Chester A. Newland Professor of Public Administration and Director of the Price School Sacramento Center at the University of Southern California, USA.

Robert B. Denhardt is Professor and Director of Leadership Programs in the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California, USA.