In our rush to steer, are we forgetting who owns the
boat? In their recent book, Government Is Us (1998), King
and Stivers remind us of the obvious answer: The goveni-
ment belongs to its citizens (see also Box 1998; Cooper
1991; King, Feltey, and O’Neill 1998; Stivers 1994a,b;
Thomas 1995). Accordingly, public administrators should
focus on their responsibility to serve and empower citi-
zens as they manage public organizations and implement
public policy. In other words, with citizens at the forefront,
the emphasis should not be placed on either steering or
rowing the govemmental boat, but rather on building pub-
lic institutions marked by integrity and responsiveness.
In our rush to steer, are we forgetting who owns the
boat? In their recent book, Government Is Us (1998), King
and Stivers remind us of the obvious answer: The goveni-
ment belongs to its citizens (see also Box 1998; Cooper
1991; King, Feltey, and O’Neill 1998; Stivers 1994a,b;
Thomas 1995). Accordingly, public administrators should
focus on their responsibility to serve and empower citi-
zens as they manage public organizations and implement
public policy. In other words, with citizens at the forefront,
the emphasis should not be placed on either steering or
rowing the govemmental boat, but rather on building pub-
lic institutions marked by integrity and responsiveness.
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