公共管理与公众舆论

自18世纪开始兴起的公众舆论推动了近代西方民主思想的形成,而20世纪公共管理的勃兴正是这种民主思想体制化的必然结果。对于公众舆论的理性与非理性认识分野,受制于背后复杂的权力博弈。在近代公众舆论观向现代公众舆论观转型的过程中,公众权力论逐渐让位于管理控制论。由于国家-市场-市民社会的关系失衡,当代公众舆论面临着环境危机。在目前善治的要求下,公共管理从公共利益出发,必须以保护公众舆论的自由和多元为己任,确立自身被监督者、反馈者和配给者的多重角色,做到有所为和有所不为。

Public Management and Public Opinion

The public opinion emerged in the 18th century boosted the shape of Western democracy which lead to the development of public management in the 20th century. The division of public opinion into rational or irrational was restricted by the power game between the state and civil society. In the process of transition from modern theory to contemporary theory, public opinion as the public power was replaced by management Cybernetics. Because of the unbalance among state, market and civil society, public opinion is facing great crisis. Under good governance, public management has to protect the freedom and diversity of public opinion, and play a role of supervisor, feed-backer and allocater. The important thing for the government is to decide what to do and what not to do.