Degeneration of Public Services: A Strategic Commitment to Ignorance Volume 1

By Sulaiman Wasty

The book argues that the delivery of effective, efficient, and equitable public services to the citizens is essentially a Human Rights issue. Yet, and especially since the 1970s, there has been a pervasive and constant denying of the concept of Public Good. This negation of this notion emanates from a variety of factors: indifference, callousness, bigotry, hatred, xenophobia, lack of education, and Ignorance. These dangerous trends, if not challenged and rectified, will soon lead to the demise of the American dream and the country's purported exceptionalism. Given this basic premise, the State has a moral, legal, political, social, and economic obligation to its citizens--particularly to the downtrodden, vulnerable, and marginalized sections of the population-- from the preservation of fundamental rights to the maintenance of law and order and onward to the demonstration of transparency and accountability in everyday functions.The issues being raised are by no means exhaustive and the debate can be endless. This book does not claim to provide answers to the current predicament. Instead, it is intended to provoke a discussion of where we have been and what can be done.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1543963080
• ISBN13: 9781543963083
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Bookbaby
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.5"