ABSTRACT

Comparatively little attention has been paid to public value’s specific applicability to local government. This article addresses this gap in four ways. First, by reflecting on some of the reasons for its appeal to local government managers who encounter public value as graduate students. Second, by examining the greater suitability of public value to local government, as demonstrated by the debate about it as a theory of public management. Third, by identifying the putative limits of this appeal, specifically those arising from measuring public value. Fourth, by explaining how these putative limits are overcome by way of revisiting the theory.

摘要

相对而言，公共价值对地方政府的具体适用性关注较少。本文以四种方式解决了这一差距。首先，通过反思其对作为研究生遇到公共价值的地方政府管理者的吸引力的一些原因。其次，通过检查公共价值对地方政府的更大适用性，正如将其作为公共管理理论的辩论所证明的那样。第三，通过确定这种呼吁的假定限制，特别是那些因衡量公共价值而产生的限制。第四，通过重新审视理论来解释这些假定的限制是如何克服的。