New Public Service Bargain: Time for Paradigm Shift in Turbulent Times?

IF 1 4区管理学 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI:10.24193/tras.si2023.5

Karen Johnston

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Abstract

Europe and North America are facing demographic changes with an aging population and declining birth rates. This has implications for the labor market and the workforce of the future. An existential crisis for public institutions is that the public sector is no longer the employer of choice. The public sector is already facing challenges in recruitment, filling vacancies with competent and talented personnel, and retaining public servants. The paradigm shifts in the state from public administration to new public management and new public governance in part underlies this declining interest in public service with the introduction of neo-liberal public sector reforms over the decades, downsizing of the state, relatively lower pay, and various austerity measures. The article revisits these paradigm shifts of the state, providing a review and discussing the impact of these shifts. Furthermore, the article argues for a new paradigm shift. A New Public Service Bargain, which recognizes and values public service because it is the human resource capacity of the state that is key to addressing crises, wicked policy problems and turbulent times.

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新的公共服务协议：动荡时期的范式转变时机已到？

欧洲和北美正面临人口老龄化和出生率下降的人口结构变化。这对劳动力市场和未来的劳动力队伍产生了影响。公共机构的生存危机在于公共部门不再是首选雇主。公共部门在招聘、用有能力和有才华的人员填补空缺以及留住公务员方面已经面临挑战。几十年来，随着新自由主义公共部门改革的推行、国家缩编、相对较低的薪酬以及各种紧缩措施的实施，从公共行政到新公共管理和新公共治理的国家范式转变在一定程度上导致了对公共服务兴趣的下降。文章重新审视了这些国家范式的转变，回顾并讨论了这些转变的影响。此外，文章还论证了一种新的范式转变。新的公共服务协议承认并重视公共服务，因为国家的人力资源能力是应对危机、邪恶政策问题和动荡时期的关键。

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Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

25 weeks

期刊介绍： TRAS represents a collective effort initiated by an international group aimed at boosting the research in the field of public administration in a country where during the communist regime there was no tradition in this sense. TRAS represents a unique source of specialized analysis of the ex-communist space, of the transition processes to democracy, of the reform of public administration, and of comparative analysis of administrative systems. The general topic covered by the articles in the Review is administrative sciences. As a result of an interdisciplinary, modern approach, the articles cover the following specific themes: Public management, public policy, administrative law, public policy analysis, regional development, community development, public finances, urban planning, program evaluation in public administration, ethics, comparative administrative systems, etc. TRAS encourages the authors to submit articles that are based on empirical research. From the standpoint of the topic covered, TRAS is lined up with the trends followed by other international journals in the field of public administration. All articles submitted to the Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences have to present a clear connection to the field of administrative sciences and the research (both theoretical and empirical) should be conducted from this perspective. Interdisciplinary topics related to organizational theory, sustainable development and CSR, international relations, etc. can be considered for publication, however the research needs to address relevant issues from the perspective of the public sector. Articles which use highly specialized econometrics models as well as studies addressing macro-economic topics will not be considered for evaluation. The decision on whether a certain topic falls within the interest of TRAS belongs to the editors and it is not connected with the overall quality of the work submitted.