សេវាសាធារណៈ

សេវាសាធារណៈ គឺជាសេវាកម្ម ដែលបានផ្ដល់ដោយដោយរដ្ឋាភិបាល ទៅកាន់ប្រជាជនដែលរស់នៅក្នុងដែនដីសមត្ថកិច្ចរបស់ខ្លួន ដោយផ្ទាល់ (តាមរយៈវិស័យសាធារណៈ) ឬដោយការផ្ដល់ជាហិរញ្ញវត្ថុដល់ផ្នែកឯកជនក្នុងការផ្គត់ផ្គង់សេវានោះ។ The term is associated with a social consensus (usually expressed through democratic elections) that certain services should be available to all, regardless of ចំណូល. Even where public services are neither publicly provided nor publicly financed, for social and political reasons they are usually subject to regulation going beyond that applying to most economic sectors. Public service is also a course that can be studied at a college and/or university.

វិស័យនានា 
Public services tend to be those considered as so essential to modern life that for moral reasons their universal provision should be guaranteed.  They may be associated with fundamental human rights (such as the right to water). An example of a service which is not generally considered an essential public service is hairdressing. The Volunteer Fire Dept. and Ambulance Corps. are institutions with the mission of servicing the community. A service is helping others with a specific need or want. Here, service ranges from a doctor curing an illness, to a repair person, to a food pantry. All of these services are essential to people's lives.

In modern, developed countries, the term public services often includes:
 អគ្គិសនី
 ការការពារបរិស្ថាន
 Fire service
 Gas
 Health care
 Law enforcement
 យោធា
 Public broadcasting
 បណ្ណាល័យសាធារណៈ
 Public transportation
 Public housing
 សេវាកម្មសង្គម
 ទូរគនាគមន៍
 Town planning
 ការគ្រប់គ្រងសំណល់
 បណ្តាញផ្គត់ផ្គង់ទឹក

Characteristics 
A public service may sometimes have the characteristics of a public good (being non-rivalrous and non-excludable), but most are merit goods, that is, services which may (according to prevailing social norms) be under-provided by the market. In most cases public services are services, i.e. they do not involve manufacturing of goods such as nuts and bolts. They may be provided by local or national monopolies, especially in sectors which are natural monopolies. 

They may involve outputs that are hard to attribute to specific individual effort and/or hard to measure in terms of key characteristics such as quality. They often require high levels of training and education. They may attract people with a public service ethos who wish to give something to the wider public or community through their work.

ប្រវត្តិ 
Historically, the widespread provision of public services in developed countries usually began in the late nineteenth century, often with the municipal development of gas and water services. Later, other services such as electricity and healthcare began to be provided by governments. In most developed countries such services are still provided by local or national government, the biggest exceptions being the U.S. and the UK, where private provision is more significant. Nonetheless, such privately-provided public services are often strongly regulated, for example (in the US) by Public Utility Commissions.

In developing countries public services tend to be much less well developed. Water services, for example, may only be available to the wealthy middle class. For political reasons the service is often subsidised, which reduces the finance available for expansion to poorer communities.

Nationalization 

Nationalization really took off following the World Wars of the first half of the twentieth century. Across Europe, because of the extreme demands on industries and the economy, central planning was required to ensure that the maximum degree of efficient production was obtained. Many public services, especially electricity, gas and public transport were products of this era. Following the second world war, many countries also began to implement universal health care and expanded education under the funding and guidance of the state.

Privatization 

There are several ways to privatise public services. A free-market corporation may be established and sold to private investors, relinquishing government control altogether. This essentially ends the public service and makes it a private service. Another option, used in the Nordic countries, is to establish a corporation, but keep ownership or voting power essentially in the hands of the government. For example, the Finnish state owned 49% of Kemira, the rest being owned by private investors. A 49% share doesn't make it a "government enterprise", but it means that all other investors together would have to oppose the state's opinion in order to overturn the state's decisions in the shareholder's meeting. Regulated corporation can also acquire permits on the agreement that they fulfill certain public service duties. When a private corporation runs a natural monopoly, then the corporation is typically heavily regulated, to prevent abuse of monopoly power. Lastly, the government can buy the service on the free market. In many countries, medication is provided in this manner: the government reimburses part of the price of the medication. Also, bus traffic, electricity, healthcare and waste management are privatized in this way. One recent innovation, used in the UK increasingly as well as Australia and Canada is public-private partnerships. This involves giving a long lease to private consortia in return for partly funding infrastructure.

Public services versus Services of General Interest 

At the European level, some countries use the name service of general interest, while other prefer public services. It has been a discussion, for instance during the writing of the european constitution (the word services of general interest has been used). 

ETUC named its petition "for high quality public services" but explains "Public services are known as Services of general interest (SGI) and Services of general economic interest (SGEIs) in European Union terminology."

មើលផងដែរ 
 Public value – the equivalent of shareholder value in public management
 Public good – a good whose availability is not reduced (non-rivaled) due to the consumption by others; and that no one can be effectively excluded (non-excludable) from using 
 Right to Public Services legislation 
 CEEP European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest
 សេវាកម្មអតិថិជន
 European Union competition law
 ហេដ្ឋារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ
 New Public Management
 Privatization
 រដ្ឋបាលសាធារណៈ
 Public ownership
 គោលនយោបាយសាធារណៈ
 Public service broadcasting
 Public utility - a means of providing infrastructure for a public service
 សេវាកម្ម
 VÖWG Austrian Association for Public and Social Economy
 Welfare state

តំណភ្ជាប់ខាងក្រៅ 
 Leave a Knowcycle calling card at Wikiversity to find people to work with in: Public Service Innovation  

 Municipal Services Project
 Public Services International
 Public Services International Research Unit
 publicservice.co.uk – Public Service News
 Daniel Chavez (ed), Beyond the Market: The Future of Public Services, TNI Public Services Yearbook 2005/6, Transnational Institute / Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), February 2006
 European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest 

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