TY - JOUR
T1 - Making sense of public value
T2 - Concepts, critiques and emergent meanings
AU - Alford, John
AU - O'Flynn, Janine
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - It has been two decades since the "public value" framework emerged, articulated initially at the Harvard Kennedy School. In this paper we set out the basics of the original approach, and then consider emerging critiques and meanings. Our aim is firstly to clarify the core concepts of Moore's approach, and secondly to track the new meanings of public value which are developing. This allows us to engage with the growing debate about public value both inside and outside academia, and also to discuss its trajectory as a new idea in public sector management.
AB - It has been two decades since the "public value" framework emerged, articulated initially at the Harvard Kennedy School. In this paper we set out the basics of the original approach, and then consider emerging critiques and meanings. Our aim is firstly to clarify the core concepts of Moore's approach, and secondly to track the new meanings of public value which are developing. This allows us to engage with the growing debate about public value both inside and outside academia, and also to discuss its trajectory as a new idea in public sector management.
KW - Politics/administration dichotomy
KW - Public management
KW - Public value
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=65449160096&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01900690902732731
DO - 10.1080/01900690902732731
M3 - Article
SN - 0190-0692
VL - 32
SP - 171
EP - 191
JO - International Journal of Public Administration
JF - International Journal of Public Administration
IS - 3-4
ER -