Analyzing the politics of public services: a service characteristics approach
In their academic article “Analyzing the politics of public services: a service characteristics approach,” Richard Bratley and Daniel Harris provide a tool to explain political dynamics of specific services. They argue that their framework to analyze political dynamics has been tested and can be used on current issues across fields such as education, sanitation, water and health. According to the authors, their analytical framework can successfully be used as a tool for “understanding why services and tasks within them differ in the types of political dynamics they tend to attract.” They support this claim by describing how service characteristics affect the politics
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The authors argue that if providers do not have a high degree of professional dominance then policy makers and managers are more able to monitor and control them. They further argue that policy makers and managers will be more able control and monitor providers where procedures and outputs of delivery are easily measureable and standardized. However, things get complicated when service provider knowledge promotes capacity to organize and control their own interest, as in the case of doctors and teachers. It is very unlikely that politicians will agitate for service improvements where front-line providers are also politically organized and politicians depend upon their …show more content…
Their work is significant because their service characteristic approach can be used as a framework to explain the basic political dynamics of particular services. However, I find it mundane that it leaves out a huge issue that shadows political dynamics of providing or improving services in developing countries, which is corruption. Bratley and Harris, very naively, argue that politicians only look for electoral/clientelistic returns and political attribution. While this might be true in a few developing countries, it is not true for most developing countries. In developing countries most politicians look for personal economical benefit whenever thinking about what service to improve or provide. Most politicians use their influence, in exchange of money, when it is time to decide about who gets contracts to provide or improve services. More often than not, these services are poorly delivered or not delivered at all. This is a huge issue, which is part of political dynamics of providing or improving
Factors that promote and hinder joint and integrated working between health and social care services. Research Briefing, 41. Councils, L., & Gavin, M. (2013). MASH having a positive impact on child protection in London.
The doctors of Saskatchewan wanted the freedom to practice medicine under his or her own terms. Though the government was perceived to have won the strike in 1962, the doctors were able force major compromises from the government. The dispute was resolved by British physician Stephen Taylor, who played a pivotal role in introducing Britain’s national health plan (Baltzan, 2002). Through his mediation efforts, Lord Stephen Taylor was able to negotiate terms and preserve a fee-for-service model for primary and specialized care as opposed to a salaried-employment model. This meant the doctors were able to bill their patients if they chose to do so and they could also charge more than what would be reimbursed to the patients under the provincial plan (“Health Policy - The Canadian Encyclopedia,” 2006).
Governmental power is often held by a few, and this also leads to problems as citizens feel that their voices are not being heard. This inequality is not seen only between people and the government, but also different groups of citizens today (gender, race,
The history of Canadian public administration over the years also plays a crucial role in the system. The Canadian public administration system was initially based on the British government system but has since then transformed into a system that is unique to the country (Drysdale, p.37). That interplay evolution made an independent system for Canada, and is a “result of Canada’s political culture, and the need for public administration to adapt over time, while upholding the principles of democracy” (Drysdale, 37). Therefore, the very reason the new Canadian public administration system came to be is because of the interplay of democracy and political culture, which is arguably the greatest influence it has had. The current system in place
In the ever changing landscape of health and social care and children and young person’s settings there are many pieces of government legislation and regulatory framework that service providers and organisations must now comply with. For example Care Quality Commission (CQC) introduced the essential standards of quality and safety which are central to the workplace. Every staff member has responsibility for providing good quality social care. Social care governance is the process by which organisations ensure good service delivery and promote good outcomes for people who use services.
Since 1789, the founding and ratification of the original thirteen state constitution of the United States has revolutionized its government in order to protect its citizens as new advancements are made to benefit inhabitants of the recent New World. Since then the constitution was amended in order to gratify the needs of the people. Throughout the paradigm shift on the ideal of government, it is crucial to expound any modifications by means of bureaucracy. One of the difficulties of the shift that is directed toward the 21st century is the understanding the transition of improved government and its benefits for the delivery of human services. The government uses power, democracy, and politics to exercise their control by establishing new laws,
Background: More than 1.2 million residents in the state of Arizona get their power from Arizona Public Service (APS), a public utility provider (Arizona Public Service, 2023). The corporation manages an extensive portfolio of power plants, some of which are powered by fossil fuels (coal, nuclear, and natural gas), others by renewable resources (solar and wind power), and still others by a combination of these and other energy sources. Nevertheless, APS has been confronting issues connected to costs in recent years. These challenges include increased costs associated with maintaining and operating its old power infrastructure and demand from regulatory authorities to move to greener energy sources (Arizona Public Service, 2023). Challenges:
In Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Services, Lipsky defines street-level bureaucrats as the “teachers, police officers and other law enforcement personnel, social workers, judges, public lawyers and other court officers, health workers, and many other public employees who grant access to government programs and provide services within them” (1980, 3). The book provides us with an insight into the everyday life of a street-level bureaucrat and shows their unmistakable role in delivering social services. Lipsky believes policy is best understood when looking at the people at the forefront of the implementation process; those that have to deal with both the government and the public. Overall, I found this book extremely
“Half an hour passed. The bloodstream in this women was new and it seemed to have done a new thing to her,” (Bradbury 17). In that dystopia random health care workers came in used their machine and were able to change the bloodstream in thirty minutes, but in Sandtopia technology is used with professional. Eliminating prizing completion among physician is possible through increasing quality completion (Briere n.pag.). Because patients can visit any physicians, Sandtopia becomes more like one gigantic preferred provider network with contract with a single insurer.
In the film Escape Fire the Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, there were many insightful examples of why our Unites States healthcare revolves around paying more and getting less. The system is designed to treat diseases rather than preventing them and promoting wellness. In our healthcare industry, there are many different contributors that provide and make up our system. These intermediaries include suppliers, manufacturers, consumers, patients, providers, policy and regulations. All these members have a key role in the functionality of the health care industry; however, each role has its positives and negatives.
There are many levels authority in the hospital, which models status hierarchy. Doctors and nurses are ultimately the ones that all the patients
There are many stakeholders involved with health care administrations. Those stakeholders can be patients, health care physician, insurance providers, pharmaceutical manufactures, hospital organizations, community clinics and government. Each different stakeholder has their own individual vision of health care administration. This causes conflict due to the nature and differences in vision. which then can cause conflicts among each stakeholder involved.
Some of these criticisms of traditional models of administration included: large scale government resulting in overconsumption of resources; government involvement in too many activities; widespread bureaucracy; high rates of inflation; the absence of separation between policy and administration; the absence of rational decision making; and disregard for citizens’ satisfaction. The model was also criticized for being characterized by inefficiency, corruption, lack of accountability and inflexibility. These harsh criticisms helped in the rapid emergence of a new model, New Public Management (NPM). After that,
TUNRADA W. 5504641993 Democracy and Corruption Does democracy produces or reduces corruption and how The question whether democracy produces or reduces corruption has been raised in the past decade observing the mixed evidences occurred across the world. Some democratic states tend to successfully overcome the problem of corruption, some in contrary faces with the more dramatic trouble than before. In the some unsuccessful, discourses were made blaming democracy as a tool for greedy agencies to take advantage from the people of the country.
The above characteristics that you discussed, I believe are great characteristics. Aside from them, I think human service professionals should have the characteristic of consistency. Consistency will help human service professionals to be able to help people through all adversity. Sometimes human services professionals has to help people through different circumstances. For example, maybe we would have to help a perpetrator of sexual abuse.