Knowledge Construction in Public Administration: A Discourse Analysis of Public Value

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wallmeier, Franziska; Helmig, Bernd; Feeney, Mary K.
• 署名单位: University of Mannheim; University of Mannheim; University of Mannheim; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13005
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 488-499
• 关键词: value management; value governance; search; LIMITS

摘要

Public administration is a relatively young field with a growing academic community. Against the background of enduring discussions about theory and increasing research output and diversification within the field, the authors apply the sociology of knowledge approach to discourse that combines discourse theories and a social constructionist tradition to the exemplary case of public value research. The authors scrutinize 50 articles from 12 journals over 18 years to trace the development of public value as a concept in public administration research. Drawing from this exemplary case, they develop propositions and propose a framework for knowledge construction that is uniquely characterized as public administration. From the anchor points of manageability, economization, and democratic accountability, the authors develop a framework for analyzing and investigating knowledge development in other concepts such as network governance, representative bureaucracy, and coproduction.