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Analysis Of Citizens' Participation In The Evaluation Of Local Government Performance

Posted on:2008-06-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H R SunFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360215952008Subject:Administrative Management
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The performance of public administration, with the satisfaction of the society and citizen as the final evaluating standards, has a lot to do with its internal structure and quite related with the relationship between the government and society, citizen,which is the inevitable trend that public administration follows. Citizen participation in the evaluation of the government performance efficiency is a new thing that appears on the basis of the new-typed government, society and citizen relationship. Our national character decides that in our country that the people are the masters of their own affairs. The fundamental principle of governmental administration is to serve the people heartily and sourly. The objective of our governmental systematic reform is to establish a high-efficiency service government, which takes the people's benefit as the basic starting point and the ultimate objective, the people's satisfaction as the evaluation criteria, citizens'basic rights and dignity as obligation, meeting the people's need as the aim of government activity. Is the service by the government can meet the need of the people; this question should be consulted directly with the citizens so as to get the first-hand information. In other words, from the citizens'participation in the evaluation system, our government can know their defects and find the way to improve. The citizens'participation in the evaluation system bridges the government and the people, who creates a harmonious and dynamic relationship between the government and the people and establish a firm foundation to realize the real development and improvement of the society.From the point of the relationship between the government and the citizen, this paper analyzes the citizen's participation in the evaluation of the local government performance efficiency. It consists of three parts. The first part mainly tells about what citizens'participation in the evaluation system is and its necessity. First, on the basis of the related concepts, this paper gives the definition of the citizen's participation in the evaluation system. It is an inter-participation communicating mechanism, a supervising and restriction system, a dynamic persuasion mechanism. The citizens'participation in the evaluation of the local government performance efficiency is an indispensable part of the innovation of the local government management and also an important part of the citizens'participation in the public affairs management, so it is necessary that the citizens should take part in the appraisal of the government performance efficiency. Firstly, the theory of the citizens'society on the basis of the recognition of the citizens'master status bestows the right and obligation of the supervision, participation, and comment and argument to the citizens. Secondly, community spirit and morality make the citizens'participation become a moral power and standard. Thirdly, according to the government response theory, in order to realize the inter-communication between government and the citizen, the governments should response and try to meet the need of the citizens. Fourthly, the theory of democratic administration demands that citizens'participation. Fifthly is the new theory of public affairs service. Not only in theory but also in the value orientation point of view, it is inevitable that the citizens should take part in the evaluation activity. Citizens as the half part of the governmental administration decides that the government's ultimate value lies in the pursuing the citizens'benefit as possible as it can. The government should take the citizens'satisfaction as the final goal, pay attention to the inter-communication on the citizens'needs and government supply, concern about the demand of the citizen on the public products and service. Finally, it tells that citizens'participation in the appraisal of local government performance efficiency will be favorable to improve the governmental administration, to construct efficient administration mechanism, to be more transparent and it is significant to strength the citizens'participation and self-executive power.The second part is to mainly analyze the present situations and difficulties and reasons that lead to difficulties of citizen's participation in the evaluation of local government performance efficiency. It is very popular for the activities of citizens appraising government offer the power for the improvement of local government performance efficiency and also breathe new energy into it. Since 1998, local governments throughout the country have developed these activities in succession. Owing to existing large difference in level of economical development, humanity environment etc. in different areas, there is also great difference in main bodies, objects and forms in the activities. Meanwhile, there exist extension of humanity factors in our country, for example: shortage of citizen commonality spirit, influence of official cultural ideology, absence of public fields, unrationlization of local government function orientation, non-publicity of local government operation and information discontinuity because of excessive official system factors etc., the restrict of these local government traditional system factors lead to various hard situations in the evaluation of local government performance efficiency , such as weak power of citizen participation, low level of system and standardization, lack of organization function and power.The third part is to mainly talk about the question that how to better citizens'participation in the evaluation of local government performance efficiency. This part discussed their function and effect to citizens'participating in the evaluation of the government performance efficiency in the view of local government, social organization and citizens. Each function of the three aspects is indispensable and irreplaceable. Owing to the influence of our national realistic situation and special humanity factors, citizens'participation in the evaluation of government performance is inevitably carried out with the government's direction and encouragement. It is inevitable that local governments should play their function of direction and encouragement and society and citizens should set up self-determined consciousness and responsible consciousness; self-consciously make full use of various methods and ways that government offer to them, actively participant in the evaluation of government performance. And they should actively communicate and cooperate with local government in order to improve the governments'work level and service quality, better satisfy citizens'and society requirement , which make the society to cooperate and autonomy and the final purpose of well-governing to come true.
Keywords/Search Tags:Citizens'Participation, Local Government Performance, Evaluation, Interaction Communication
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