Public Values: Core or Confusion? Introduction to the Centrality and Puzzlement of Public Values Rsearch
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Public Values : Core or Confusion? Introduction to the Centrality and Puzzlement of Public Values Rsearch. / Beck Jørgensen, Torben; Rutgers, Mark R.
In: American Review of Public Administration, Vol. 45, No. 1, 1, 2015, p. 3-12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Public Values
T2 - Core or Confusion? Introduction to the Centrality and Puzzlement of Public Values Rsearch
AU - Beck Jørgensen, Torben
AU - Rutgers, Mark R.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This article provides the introduction to a symposium on contemporary public values research. It is argued that the contribution to this symposium represent a Public Values Perspective, distinct from other specific lines of research that also use public value as a core concept. Public administration is approached in terms of processes guided or restricted by public values and as public value creating: public management and public policy-making are both concerned with establishing, following and realizing public values. To study public values a broad perspective is needed. The article suggest a research agenda for this encompasing kind of public values research. Finally the contributions to the symposium are introduced.
AB - This article provides the introduction to a symposium on contemporary public values research. It is argued that the contribution to this symposium represent a Public Values Perspective, distinct from other specific lines of research that also use public value as a core concept. Public administration is approached in terms of processes guided or restricted by public values and as public value creating: public management and public policy-making are both concerned with establishing, following and realizing public values. To study public values a broad perspective is needed. The article suggest a research agenda for this encompasing kind of public values research. Finally the contributions to the symposium are introduced.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - public values
KW - private values
KW - public values research
U2 - 10.1177/0275074014545781
DO - 10.1177/0275074014545781
M3 - Journal article
VL - 45
SP - 3
EP - 12
JO - American Review of Public Administration
JF - American Review of Public Administration
SN - 0275-0740
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -
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