After the applause: understanding public management and public service ethos in the fight against Covid - 19
研究了英国地方政府管理者在新冠疫情期间如何根据本地情况理解和践行公共服务精神,揭示了这一传统理念在当代公共管理实践中的适应与延续。
Covid-19 has led to renewed public support for public services. Frontline workers symbolize a renewed ideal of public service ethos (PSE), though little attention has been paid to how the public managers delivering vital services interpret and mobilize PSE. We show how PSE is implemented by public managers reflecting their local contexts. We examine the theoretical roots of PSE and challenges by newer theories of public management before illustrating its contemporary manifestations through three case studies of local government responses to Covid-19 in England, showing how PSE has been adapted in current contexts and continues to inform public management practice.