ABSTRACT

This introduction to the special issue looks back at the debates over public value and public values. It suggests that a focus on recognising public value provides a way to bring the different streams together. Drawing on papers from a workshop conducted in July 2019, it sets out three issues critical to understanding the concept: the need for better definition of the core concepts, its contribution to understanding the nature of institutions and the policy process, and ways to bring back the critical issues of power and heterogeneity into our consideration of public value. The special issue aims to expand our understanding of ‘public value’ and in so doing, better understand how it contributes to public policy research and practice.

摘要

本期特刊介绍回顾了关于公共价值和公共价值的争论。它表明，专注于识别公共价值提供了一种将不同流整合在一起的方法。它借鉴了 2019 年 7 月举办的研讨会的论文，提出了对理解该概念至关重要的三个问题：对核心概念进行更好定义的必要性、它对理解机构性质和政策过程的贡献，以及恢复的方法权力和异质性的关键问题成为我们对公共价值的考虑。本期特刊旨在扩大我们对“公共价值”的理解，从而更好地了解它如何为公共政策研究和实践做出贡献。