Value and Virtue in Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective
Michiel S. de Vries (Ed.)
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Description for Value and Virtue in Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective
Hardback. A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of values and virtue in public administration, this book calls for a rediscovery of virtue. It explores ways of enabling the public sector to balance the values that are presently dominant with classic values such as accountability, representation, equality, neutrality, transparency and the public interest. Editor(s): Vries, Michiel S. de; Kim, Pan Suk. Series: Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 black & white tables, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of values and virtue in public administration, this book calls for a rediscovery of virtue. It explores ways of enabling the public sector to balance the values that are presently dominant with classic values such as accountability, representation, equality, neutrality, transparency and the public interest.
A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of values and virtue in public administration, this book calls for a rediscovery of virtue. It explores ways of enabling the public sector to balance the values that are presently dominant with classic values such as accountability, representation, equality, neutrality, transparency and the public interest.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
Governance and Public Management
Condition
New
Number of Pages
327
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230236479
SKU
V9780230236479
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99-15
About Michiel S. de Vries (Ed.)
CHRISTINA W. ANDREWS Senior Lecturer at the Federal University of São Paulo - Unifesp, Brazil DEMETRIOS ARGYRIADES Graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and the Sorbonne, France BRUCE CUTTING Policy Advisor to the Australian Government CHARLES GAROFALO Professor of Political Science at Texas State University, USA M. SHAMSUL HAQUE Professor at the Department of Political ... Read more
Reviews for Value and Virtue in Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective
'Values and Virtues in Public Administration is a timely volume that brings together contributions from world-class scholars who remind us that values are the core of public administration. Professors Pan Suk Kim, Michiel De Vries and their collaborators offer the foundations for a post-New Public Management era in which fundamental public service values will be reasserted by both public officials ... Read more