The Fiscal Crisis and Public Sector Service Delivery in the United States

摘要：

　　The economic crisis in the United States is requiring public administrators to rethink the services they provide and how they provide them.As public administrators strive to achieve cost efficiencies they struggle with competing expectations of maintaining current service levels and service quality with far fewer resources.When budgets are restricted, in addition to looking for new revenue sources, public administrators look to alternative service delivery options such as shared service delivery, privatization, consolidation of services, as well as the elimination of services.Utilizing quantitative and qualitative analysis this paper explores the financial realities of the current economic crisis as well as the strategies being implemented by local governments to close projected budget gaps.This analysis contributes to a more robust understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing public administrators as they redefine and reexamine governments role in a complex world.

关键词： Fiscal crisis Tax limitations State aid Shared services Public services

作者: Kathe Callahan Leila Sadeghi Raphael Caprio

作者单位: Kean University,New Jersey,USA,07083 Rutgers University,New Jersey,USA

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2013 International Conference on Public Administration (9th)(2013年第九届公共管理国际会议)

会议地点: 南非

会议语种:英文

页码: 443-454

在线出版日期: 2013-10-31（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）