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Political Decisions and Agency Performance (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
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Political Decisions and Agency Performance (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
Series: Library of Public Policy and Public Administration, 2
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All over the world, many people who live in urban areas find
themselves in an arduous social situation. In the third world,
people in overcrowded metropolitan areas have a problem in
maintaining even the slightest standards of living. But also richer
parts of the world, the United States, Europe and the far-East,
show growing social inequalities in their cities. And social
problems are not confined to the large metropolitan areas:
impoverishment, long-term unemployment, social isolation, and the
dependency on welfare programs pops up in medium-sized cities and
even in smaller communities. At the same time, these cities are
confronted with a growing bureaucratic conglomerate which is
increasingly inapt to fight social degeneration. The catastrophe
seems to be total: how to deal at once with declining social
conditions and bureaucratic inadequacy? Two American authors,
Osborne and Plastrik (1997), claim to have found the answer: just
banish bureaucracy. The liberating accomplishments of the free
market will elevate ordinary citizens and force lazy, incompetent
bureaucrats to do their work properly. If they succeed, they
survive. Otherwise, these agencies will vanish. They illustrate
their arguments with the American city of 'Uphill Battle' which
stopped its decline by reinventing government. Strict performance
measures, allotting financial controls and incentives to the
citizens, and improving accountability have saved the city. We
should, however, be very careful in taking such measures so far
that they banish bureaucracy. It is far from obvious that simply
banishing bureaucracy indeed will help people in poor social
situations.
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