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Public Value Governance: Moving Beyond Traditional Public Administration and the New Public Management
Author(s) -
Bryson John M.,
Crosby Barbara C.,
Bloomberg Laura
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/puar.12238
Subject(s) - public value , public administration , public management , democracy , corporate governance , government (linguistics) , value (mathematics) , new public management , action (physics) , administration (probate law) , professional administration , political science , democratic governance , public relations , business , public sector , politics , finance , law , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , machine learning
A new public administration movement is emerging to move beyond traditional public administration and New Public Management. The new movement is a response to the challenges of a networked, multisector, no‐one‐wholly‐in‐charge world and to the shortcomings of previous public administration approaches. In the new approach, values beyond efficiency and effectiveness—and especially democratic values—are prominent. Government has a special role to play as a guarantor of public values, but citizens as well as businesses and nonprofit organizations are also important as active public problem solvers. The article highlights value‐related issues in the new approach and presents an agenda for research and action to be pursued if the new approach is to fulfill its promise .