Public and Private: Research on the Operational Mechanism of Public Affairs

Author: Xi Heng
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: With the continuous deepening of China's economic and political reforms, the conflict between the public and private has become increasingly prominent at the social level. This book applies theories of public goods, the third sector, and human nature assumptions to analyze the theoretical and institutional foundations of public affairs. It points out that public affairs, compared to the government and enterprises, represent a third institutional arrangement for providing public goods and achieving public interests through voluntary or semi-voluntary means. The author also explores the incentive mechanisms, operational mechanisms, and constraint (supervision) mechanisms of public affairs organizations from the perspectives of management and public administration.