Value and Virtue in Public Administration; A Comparative Perspective

De Vries, Michiel S. (Editor) and Kim, Pan Suk (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0230236472 / ISBN 13: 9780230236479

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, London, England, 2011

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The format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.75 inches. xi, [1], 327, [9] pages. Figures. Tables. References. Indexes. Decorative front cover. No dust jacket. Editor's (Kim) inscription on fep. Inscription reads For NAPA President Dan Blair June 28, 2012 Pan S. Kim. This in one of the IIAS [International Institute for Administrative Sciences] Governance and Public Management series. 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. Professor Michiel de Vries studies: â ¢ Comparative research into international developments in the public sector, especially in transition countries; â ¢ Conflicts in the public sector; â ¢ Evaluations of organizational and policy developments in municipalities, provinces and national government. As such he was involved in the evaluation of good governance on Aruba, sports policies, youth policies, legal policies, gender policies, the railway system, domestic violence, and metrology; â ¢ administrative integrity, public participation and interactive policy; â ¢ counterchecks: the independent assessment of the correctness of research commissioned by government institutions. Pan Suk Kim is a South Korean professor in the field of public administration. He served with the American Society for Public Administration. Kim is a professor emeritus of Public Administration, Yonsei University in South Korea. '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 and citizens.' - James L. Perry, Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. 'This excellent volume addresses the enduring problem of why 'values and virtues in public administration are not easily accomplished' although 'everything public administration does is value-bound' and 'virtuous behavior' is often 'crucial.' Seeking answers from theory and practice across the globe and time, the editors and contributors have produced an outstanding book of major importance to all who seek a deeper understanding of public administration that goes well beyond the conventional putative pillars of efficiency, economy, and effectiveness. This book is a must read for faculty and graduate students in public administration and public management.' - David H. Rosenbloom, Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, American University, Washington, DC, USA.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Value and Virtue in Public Administration; A Comparative Perspective
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, London, England
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230236472
• ISBN 13: 9780230236479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Presumed First Edition, First printing.
• Condition: Very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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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.

About the Author

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 Science, National University of Singapore EELKE DE JONG Chair in International Economics at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands ALEXANDER KOUZMIN Professor of Management in the School of Commerce and Management at Southern Cross University, Australia, and Adjunct Professor in the School of Management at the University of South Australia HIROKO KUDO Professor in Public Policy and Management at the Faculty of Law and the Graduate School of Public Policy, Chuo University, Japan CYNTHIA E. LYNCH Associate Professor in the MPA Program in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Pan American, USA THOMAS D. LYNCH Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University, USA and Executive Director of the International Academy of Interfaith Studies ELINOR OSTROM Distinguished Professor, Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, and Senior Research Director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, USA and Founding Director, Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University, USA VINCENT OSTROM Arthur F. Bentley Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Founding Director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, USA JOLANTA PALIDAUSKAITE Professor in the Public Administration Department at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania ABAKHOLWA MOSES SINDANE Professor and Head of the Department of Public Management of the University of the Free State, South Africa IWONA SOBIS Associated Professor in Public Administration at Gothenburg University, Sweden BERRY THOLEN Assistant Professor in Public Administration at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands