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100 1 _aFOUNTAIN, Jane E.
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245 1 0 _aParadoxes of public sector customer service
260 _aMalden :
_bWiley-Blackwell,
_cJanuary 2001
520 3 _aThe use of customer service ideas in government continues to be widespread, although the concept and its implications for public sector service production and delivery remain poorly developed. This paper presents a series of paradoxes related to customer service and its use in government. The central and most troubling paradox is that customer service techniques and tools applied to government may lead to increased political inequality even as some aspects of service are improved. The argument is structured by examination of the following: the predominant structural features of service management in theprivate sector, the assumption that customer satisfaction is a central objective of service firms, the understanding of customer service that informs current federal reform efforts, and the operational and political challenges of customer service as a public management objective.
773 0 8 _tGovernance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Intitutions
_g14, 1, p. 55-73
_dMalden : Wiley-Blackwell, January 2001
_xISSN 09521895
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