| Abstract from DBPedia | A public service is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through public sector agencies or via public financing to private businesses or voluntary organizations (or even as provided by family households, though terminology may differ depending on context). Other public services are undertaken on behalf of a government's residents or in the interest of its citizens. The term is associated with a social consensus (usually expressed through democratic elections) that certain services should be available to all, regardless of income, physical ability or mental acuity. Examples of such services include the fire brigade, police, air force, and paramedics (see also public service broadcasting). Even where public services are neither publicly provided nor publicly financed, they are usually subject to regulation going beyond that applying to most economic sectors for social and political reasons. Public policy, when made in the public's interest and with its motivations, is a type of public service.公共サービス（こうきょうサービス、Public services）とは、通常は政府から市民に対して直接、公務員による公的セクターまたは民間機関への出資を通して提供されるサービスを指す。この定義には、そのサービスが納税額に関わりなく地域の選挙民全員に提供されるべきであるとの意義が含まれる。 公共サービスは政府運営か政府出資かによらず、社会的・政治的な理由によって多くのセクターについて規制の対象となっている。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Public_service) |
