Public Choice Theory: Its Application and Challenges in Public-Sector

Abstract

This paper deals with the application and challenges of Public Choice Theory (PCT) in public-sector. The public-sector plays foundational roles in social change. Citizens and customers perception and expectation of the government is increasing. They are pressurizing the public-sector more than ever before. Hence, I analyzed, critiqued, and contrasted PCT in terms of contemporary authors for performance efficiency and quality in the public-sector. The application of PCT in public-sector seemed more challenging than the application of the theory in private-sector. In transferring concepts and applications to the public-sector, it requires developing principles and tools for the less competitive and a different context of this sector. The article gave a critical overview of the different definitions, ideas, principles of the PCT, and improvement as applied in the public-sector to bring about quality public service and good governance. This paper based on the overall review of literature, such as relevant books, journals, articles, research results, newspapers, and web pages attempted to identify the challenges and remedies of enhancing service effectiveness and quality in public-sector and the study found out that the PCT is not universally applicable in the public-sector.

Keywords: Public choice theory, Public-Sector, new public management, quality service, customer, citizen.

DOI: 10.7176/JAAS/66-02

Publication date:July 31^st 2020