摘要
2006年,我有幸在国际行政科学学会作了第五届布芮班特讲座。当时的讨论认为需要对公共行政进行反思。事实上,这只是政府和社会为迎接21世纪的挑战需要进行反思的一小部分。我们需要反思社会、经济和政治等方面的结构与功能,例如批判性地考量关于创新、生产力、就业和收入增长协同作用的假定。若政府想减小对社会最弱势群体的不利影响,缓解公众对未来的担忧,我们就该尽早对全球贸易的益处和局部失序的代价有清醒的认知。我们还需以当代话语阐明,哪些条件对开放、多元和民主社会的治理有利。应对这些富有挑战性的新趋势,需要用新的方式来协调个体利益和宏大的集体愿望,重新发现国家不可替代的作用,并阐明能够适应21世纪需求的国家概念。它既不是专制霸道的国家,也不是最低限度的国家,而是对其服务于集体利益的角色满怀信心的国家。本文呼吁要对现代国家进行反思,重新构建对表现良好的社会和经济的预期,同时,以当代的理念重塑参与现代、自由、多元以及民主社会的含义。
In 2006 I had the honour of giving the Fifth Braibant Lecture for the International Institute of Administrative Sciences.That discussion identified a need to rethink public administration.In reality,this is only a small part of the rethinking needed to prepare government and society for the challenges of the twenty-first century.There is a need to rethink the architecture and functioning of the social,economic and political state;for instance,to critically examine the assumption that innovation,productivity,employment and income growth work synergistically together.A clear-eyed diagnostic of the benefits of global trade and the costs of local dislocation is long overdue if government is to mitigate its impact for the most vulnerable in society and alleviate public fears about the future.There is also a need to articulate in contemporary terms what conditions contribute to the governance of open,pluralistic and democratic societies.Responding to challenging emerging trends will require reconciling in new ways individual interests with ambitious collective aspirations,rediscovering the irreplaceable contribution of the state and articulating a concept of that state adapted to serving in the twenty-first century.This is neither an overbearing nor a minimalist state but one with sufficient confidence in its role to serve the collective interest.This article is an invitation to rethink the modern state,reframe our expectations for a wellperforming society and economy,and reinvent in contemporary terms what it means to be part of a modern,liberal,pluralistic and democratic society.
作者
乔瑟琳·布尔贡
刘星
崔玲
耿小平
Jocelyne Bourgon(Public Governance International,Canada,60 George St,Suite 203,Ottawa,Ontario,KIN1J4,Canada)
出处
《国际行政科学评论（中文版）》
2018年第2期2-14,共13页
International Review of Administrative Sciences
关键词
行政与民主
公民参与
公共行政
公用事业
administration and democracy
citizen participation
public administration
public enter prise
