Making sense of public value: Concepts, critiques and emergent meanings

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 171-191

  Alford, John ^a,b   O'Flynn, Janine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australia and New Zealand School of Government   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Politics administration dichotomy; Public management; Public value

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449160096     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900690902732731     Document Type: Article

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