Public values and public interest : counterbalancing economic individualism /
Economic individualism and market-based values dominate today's policymaking and public management circlesùoften at the expense of the common good. In his new book, Barry Bozeman demonstrates the continuing need for public interest theory in government. Public Values and Public Interest offers...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Georgetown University Press,
©2007.
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Colección: | Public management and change.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Economic individualism and market-based values dominate today's policymaking and public management circlesùoften at the expense of the common good. In his new book, Barry Bozeman demonstrates the continuing need for public interest theory in government. Public Values and Public Interest offers a direct theoretical challenge to the utility of economic individualism, the prevailing political theory in the western world. The book's arguments are steeped in a practical and practicable theory that advances public interest as a viable and important measure in any analysis of policy or public adminis. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-206) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781435627246 1435627245 9781589014015 1589014014 |