Citizenship and Collaboration: New Thrusts in Public Administration
| Author | Kazi S. M. Khasrul Alam Quddusi |
| Published date | 01 October 2014 |
| Date | 01 October 2014 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0019556120140408 |
CITIZENSHIP
AND
COLLABORATION: NEW
THRUSTS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
KAZI
S.
M. KHASRUL ALAM QUDDUSI
In the broader context
of
governance intervention, humane
governance, joined-up government, whole-of-government,
democratic citizenship, empowered community,
engaged
citizens, organisational humanism, interpretive as well as
critical analysis
of
bureaucracy and organisations, the diction
shows a clear centripetal tendency towards a discourse that
increasingly associates itself with a convergence that places
citizens at the centre and their interests at the top. Discourse
theory
and
post-modernism stressing the need
for
enhanced
public dialogue reinforce the position
of
citizen as central in
the whole scheme
of
things. This article is
an
attempt to furnish
a review
of
recent
and
relevant developments in the
field
of
governance
and
public administration with major emphasis
on New Public Service and Collaborative Public Management,
which advocate citizenship and collaboration
for
upholding
citizens rights and ensuring better services.
INTRODUCTION
NEW PUBLIC Management (NPM)
no
doubt ruled the world for a period
of
time and some
o(
its
pro-efficiency connotations
are
no doubt noteworthy
and
deserve attention
in
their
own
rights. However, inherent contradictions
of
centralisation and devolution, that
is,
centralising tendencies inherent
in
contractualism (from economic organisation theory) and the devolution
tendencies ofmanagerialism (from management theory) struck at the root
to
weaken its base (Christensen and
Lregreid
2004,
13).
This philosophy also increasingly transformed
the
basic nature
of
State
based
on
parliamentary chain
of
governing to
one
of
supermarket
model
thus turning the State
into
a mere service providing entity. This constantly
nibbled at the core values
of
democracy and governance. However,
NPM
lost
much
of
its
vigor before taking
its
roots
in
the developing world.
Even
ifit
is
there
in
some measure,
its
contextualisation remains a big challenge
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