Public Value Governance: Moving Beyond Traditional Public Administration and the New Public Management

Citation:

Bryson, J.M., Crosby, B.C. & Bloomberg, L. (2014). “Public Value Governance: Moving Beyond Traditional Public Administration and the New Public Management”. In Public Administration Review, 74 (1), 445-456. Indianapolis: Wiley, American Society for Public Administration. Retrieved May 06, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12238

Work data:

ISSN: 1540-6210

Type of work: Article (academic)

Categories:

Government and Public Administration

Tags:

new public management, new public governance

Abstract:

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.