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The Outsourcing Of Government’s Public Service: The Dilemma And The Selection Of Breakthrough Path

Posted on:2015-02-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2266330422470054Subject:Administrative Management
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As a new method of governance, the market-oriented reform of public services has beenrecognized in many countries, and it converged to a wave of governance model for change inthe last two decades of the20th century. The outsourcing of government’s public servicebroke the myth of the omnipotent government, it is more focus on the application of marketmeans in the process of public service provision, had made a significant impact on the publicadministration practice in many countries. Our country have achieved some results in the areaof outsourcing activities, but encountered a series of difficulties at the same time, it is worthyof reflecting deeply.The public service includes both tangible " substance" and intangible " service", it alsohas political and social properties. The theoretical foundation of Western governments’outsourcing of public service includes the separable theory of public service production andprovision, the public choice theory, the new public management theory and the governancetheory. In recent years, the dynamic mechanism of the outsourcing of our government’s publicservices includes economic pressures, political pressures and international driving force.Shenzhen, Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai and other economically developed cities become thetypical cases, the characteristic of the outsourcing of our government’s public service includesthe content which is expanding gradually to the center of government power, the significantregional difference and the reform of local government. It analysed the value of theoutsourcing of government’s public service, including reducing the administrative costs,constructing the low-cost government; increasing the number of public service, improving thequality of public service; deepening the reform of administration, giving impetus to thetransposition of government functions; improving the market mechanism, promoting thedevelopment of social organizations. This article was focuses on the analysis of the dilemmasof the outsourcing of government’s public service, including the lack of theoretical basis,lacking the theoretical guidance that is rooted in Chinese administrative environment; somehindering factors, including hysteretic construction regulations, the immaturities of market mechanisms and social mechanisms, and the opposition of the relevant stakeholders; theexcessive costs, including direct and indirect costs; the risk of public service provision; thedilemma of the capacity of government. On the path choice of the breakthrough, the writeradvocated that we should update the theory and construct the theory with Chinesecharacteristics; government and the public should establish a correct concept and get rid of theshackles of improper ideas. We must construct the laws, regulations and institutional systemof the outsourcing of government’s public service, improve the supply and update oftechnology, develop the new technology on outsourcing, establish a pluralistic public servicedelivery mechanism and bulid the public-private partnerships.
Keywords/Search Tags:Public Service, Outsourcing, Market Mechanism, Socialization, Public Interest
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