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100			_aHaque, M. Shamsul
245			_aThe diminishing publicness of public service under the current mode of governance
260			_c2001
300			_ap.65-82
362			_aJan-Feb
520			_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
650			_aCivil service - United States
650			_aCivil service
773			_aPublic Administration Review
909			_a49191
999			_c49191 _d49191