Public choice approach in public administration
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Public Choice theory is the application of economics to the study of public administration. Public choice is defined by Dennis Mueller as “the economic study of non-market decision making or simply the application of economics to political science”.
This theory challenges the traditionally established public interest theory of democratic government which holds that decision making in government is motivated by selfish benevolence by elected representatives or government employees. In other words, public interest theory presumes that public servants are motivated by a desire to maximize society’s welfare.The public choice theory repudiates this view and takes a poor view of bureaucracy William A. Niskanen, the prominent advocate of public choice theory opines that the career bureaucracy is self-aggrandizing and shows indefinite capacity for its expansion. He has made brilliant analysis of bureaucratic functioning. An economist by profession he has studied bureaucracy with the methods of economics.
He has criticized bureaucracy on many counts.
Firstly, civil servants attitude towards the consumer of their service is different from the attitude of private sector producer to his customers.
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