Abstract
Drawing data from more than 2,000 US citizens, the current article focuses on empirically derived citizens’ public values. Objectives include: (1) to provide and analyse empirical data on citizens’ specific views about what does and does not constitute a public value, (2) to distinguish between ‘Contested’ and ‘Consensus’ public values; (3) to suggest some implications of citizens’ public value assessment in terms of their theoretical meaning; (4) to compare expressed vs. enacted public values (based on decision vignettes). Findings show widespread agreement about a handful of putative public values, but when enacted in vignettes responses are inconsistent.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 817-838 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Public Management Review |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 3 2019 |
Keywords
- Public values
- citzens
- governance
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Administration