Public Value: Conjecture And Refutation, Theory And Ethics

Grant, BJ; Fisher, J

Public Value: Conjecture And Refutation, Theory And Ethics

Grant, BJ

Fisher, J

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Citation:: 2010, 24 (1)
Issue Date:: 2010-12-10

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dc.contributor.author	Grant, BJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8055-6046	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fisher, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-12-10	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2010, 24 (1)	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	This paper explores the theory of Public Value and the debate it has created in public management theory and practice. Public Value was first articulated by Mark Moore (1995). Scholars of public administration have argued, on the one hand, that Public Value can ‘solve the puzzle’ of ‘balancing democracy and efficiency’ in democracies (Stoker, 2006a; Wallis and Gregory, 2009) and on the other, that it constitutes a dangerous return to the justification for public managers as ‘Platonic guardians’ of political systems (Rhodes and Wanna, 2007). We argue that this debate neglects that Moore provides an ethical foundation for public managers to exercise autonomy in decision-making; thereby giving them a renewed legitimacy, importance and confidence when managing for unknowable futures.	en_US
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dc.title	Public Value: Conjecture And Refutation, Theory And Ethics	en_US
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Abstract:

This paper explores the theory of Public Value and the debate it has created in public management theory and practice. Public Value was first articulated by Mark Moore (1995). Scholars of public administration have argued, on the one hand, that Public Value can ‘solve the puzzle’ of ‘balancing democracy and efficiency’ in democracies (Stoker, 2006a; Wallis and Gregory, 2009) and on the other, that it constitutes a dangerous return to the justification for public managers as ‘Platonic guardians’ of political systems (Rhodes and Wanna, 2007). We argue that this debate neglects that Moore provides an ethical foundation for public managers to exercise autonomy in decision-making; thereby giving them a renewed legitimacy, importance and confidence when managing for unknowable futures.

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