Challenges of Globalization

Globalization

1.     Shrinking of Public Sphere- The role of Public administration is to expand the Public Sphere. It has to bring about institutional arrangements so that citizens can have meaningful dialogues.

2.     The civil character of the state is being increasingly compromised in favour of non-civil character of the state. Moreover, the coercive bureaucracy is increasing.  Because of the globalization, the traditional routine relating to economic, cultural and social practices is breaking down. A large section of people have a sense of anxiety which has resulted into many protests, mobilizations, disorderly behaviour or chaos. The state has also responded this with increased violence and coercion. This has led to loss of legitimacy of the state. Thus, the role of the public administration is to restore the faith of the people in the state. Public administration must devise strategies where the development should be with people or development with a human face.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.      <!--[endif]-->In the era of globalization, there is an emphasis on doing more with less. There is a need to streamline the public budget because during the era of failure of state, there was an emphasis to shrink or minimalize the role of the state. In this background, the role of public administration is to document the successes of the state as well as the failures of the market. There are areas where market can operate with efficiency and there are areas where the state can operate with better efficiency.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->4.    In the era of globalization, there is a need to move towards digitalization and information age competitiveness. The role of public administration is to make the state a Cybernetic state (Such a state is based on the principle of thermodynamics; it refers to the process of manipulating bigger outputs with smaller inputs). This is possible only with the introduction of IT. With the help of IT, the state can convert small inputs into bigger outputs.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->5.    There is an increasing concentration of power into the global, political and economic elites. A monocratic power structure is being put in place. An oligarchic exercise of power is present. It is a type of scenario which is not only threatening the democracy but also the citizens. In this background, it is required that the public administration should try to build up a platform for widespread citizen participation. This is possible only by creating an informed citizenry.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->6.    This era of globalization has made the systems across the world come closer to each other, making them increasingly interdependent and being influenced by each other. Thus, understanding of each of the systems cannot be taken in isolation now. It has to be studied on a broader canvass which requires international and comparative studies.