Topic: Re:communities/2

[lj1987]

From the  other side, the actual situation calls for an attitude that goes beyond consumerism,  aiming at strengthening citizenship. Consumerism sees communities just as customers of particular services in the market, but not as active participants in the process of government. For example, for many services there is more than one customer, and often they do not share the same interests. Schools have many different customers (children, parents, teachers, future employees, etc.) but during the process of education their interests have to be balanced. This balancing of interests is exactly the "golden key" of good public sector management. In real life the services are not always provided for one single customer. Often