Citizens and Consumers – A NPM Dilemma

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Author
Aberbach, Joel D. & Tom Christensen

Year
2005

Publisher
Public Management Review Vol. 7 ( 2), 2005 (225 – 245).

Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to publication:
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/index/X842353651M8J185.pdf

Number of pages:
22

ISSN:
1471-9037

Language of publication:
Engelsk

Country of publication:
USA

NSD-reference:
2642

This page was last updated:
2007-09-11 10:28:14.53

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Summary
New Public Management (NPM) puts a major
emphasis on consumer sovereignty. Through
consumer sovereignty, it is argued, public
organizations will produce outputs more in
line with what citizens want. This article
analyses the implications, both theoretical
and practical, of conceiving of citizens as
customers. We discuss the features of
citizenship, the ways in which the emerging
customer focus impacts the role of citizen,
how consumerism would and, in implementation,
does work and the wider implications
for democratic governance, particularly the
effects on political and administrative leadership
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citizens as customers of government agencies
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