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Improving Government Performance
Author(s) -
Caiden Naomi,
Caiden Gerald E.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00562.x
Subject(s) - citation , government (linguistics) , administration (probate law) , public administration , library science , language change , political science , public policy , public sector , sociology , public relations , law , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , art , literature
E ven in the best of times, government performance is subject to criticism, and although much of it is unfair, vague, and even contrived, inevitably, a certain proportion is justified, provable, and downright harmful. That is why the administrative history of large-scale governments is littered with official inquiries (government appointed), unofficial inquiries (privately appointed), and semiofficial inquiries (government supported but independent)-all conducting inquests on why government performance is failing or falling short of its potential and proposing radical changes in government operations to improve future performance.