The New Public Management and Customer Satisfaction
The New Public Management addresses the relationship between government
and citizens, not just a practical concern, but from a distinct theoretical
position. Earlier in this chapter we examined in detail the ideal concept of
citizenship as being active, involved, and public spirited. We also pointed
out the alternative legal definition of citizenship—a view we find to be based
not only on legalism but also on self-interest. This theoretical viewpoint so
clearly underlies the way in which the New Public Management views the
relationship between those in government and those served or regulated by
government that is worthwhile to elaborate the theoretical notion of citizen
as consumer. This view is largely derived from the so-called economic theory
of democracy, a theory that explains political behavior in terms of economic
competition. Political parties, for example, are seen as competing for votes
just as corporations are seen as competing for profits. Citizens, in turn, are
seen as consumers for whose votes the parties compete. These citizen/consumers
make decisions based on their efforts to maximize their own utilities,
casting their votes for one or the other party, or simply turning away
from politics and seeking great utilities by spending their time and energy
elsewhere (Dagger 1997, 105).
The New Public Management and Customer Satisfaction
The New Public Management addresses the relationship between government
and citizens, not just a practical concern, but from a distinct theoretical
position. Earlier in this chapter we examined in detail the ideal concept of
citizenship as being active, involved, and public spirited. We also pointed
out the alternative legal definition of citizenship—a view we find to be based
not only on legalism but also on self-interest. This theoretical viewpoint so
clearly underlies the way in which the New Public Management views the
relationship between those in government and those served or regulated by
government that is worthwhile to elaborate the theoretical notion of citizen
as consumer. This view is largely derived from the so-called economic theory
of democracy, a theory that explains political behavior in terms of economic
competition. Political parties, for example, are seen as competing for votes
just as corporations are seen as competing for profits. Citizens, in turn, are
seen as consumers for whose votes the parties compete. These citizen/consumers
make decisions based on their efforts to maximize their own utilities,
casting their votes for one or the other party, or simply turning away
from politics and seeking great utilities by spending their time and energy
elsewhere (Dagger 1997, 105).
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