Public values and public interest counterbalancing economic individualism pdf

Counterbalancing economic individualism barry bozeman. Economic individualism and the publicness of policies. Economic individualism and marketbased values dominate todays policymaking and public management circles often at the expense of the. Rather, in a very refreshing and unique way, bozeman argues how both public values and public interest and economic individualism should be vital elements in public policy and public management. Public values and public interest georgetown university press. Consequently, the books main objective is to address the imbalance of theoretical bases between marketbased and public value approaches to policy and management p. Public values and public interest offers a direct theoretical challenge to the utility of economic individualism, the prevailing political theory in the western world. The books arguments are steeped in a practical and practicable theory that advances public interest as a viable and important measure in any analysis of policy or public.

Economic individualism and marketbased values dominate todays policymaking and public management circlesuoften at the expense of the common good. Counterbalancing economic individualism public management and change barry bozeman on. Drawing on the concepts of the common good advocated by aristotle, saint thomas aquinas, john locke, and john dewey, public values and public interest offers a direct theoretical challenge to the utility of economic individualism, the prevailing political theory in the western world. Public value theory attempts to join economic efficiency, organizational practices. During the years that have elapsed since the publication of moores and bozemans quite different theories of public value, a great deal of attention has been focused on the public values topic. In his new book, barry bozeman demonstrates the continuing need for public interest theory in government. Economic individualism and marketbased values dominate todays policymaking and public management circlesuoften at the expense of the. Economic individualism and marketbased values dominate todays policymaking and public management circlesoften at the expense of the common good. Counterbalancing economic individualism public management and change barry bozeman economic individualism and marketbased values dominate todays policymaking and public management circles often at the expense of the common good.