01453pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002200040245008600062260000900148300001200157362001200169520104100181650003401222650001801256773003301274180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHaque, M. Shamsul  aThe diminishing publicness of public service under the current mode of governance  c2001  ap.65-82  aJan-Feb  aIn this article, it is argued that while there has been an apparent eclipse in discourse regarding the publicness or public quality of public service, the recent transition toward a market-driven mode of governance has created a serious challenge to such publicness.  More specifically, the contemporary businesslike changes in the objectives, structures, functions, norms, and users of public service tend to diminish its publicness in terms of its current trends toward eroding public-private distinction, shrinking socioeconomic role, narrowing composition of service recipients, worsening condition of accountability, and declining level of public trust.  Based on the existing studies, empirical findings, and country experiences, this article delineates the basic criteria determining the publicness of public service, uses these criteria to demonstrate how the recent businesslike reforms have led to the erosion of such publicness, and makes recommendations for reviving the quality of publicness in public service. - Reproduced  aCivil service - United States  aCivil service  aPublic Administration Review