Politics and the limits of a science of governance: Some reflections on the thought of Bernard Crick

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Spicer, Michael
• 署名单位: University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00759.x
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 768-779
• 关键词: Public management

摘要

This paper examines Bernard Crick's ideas on the nature of politics and explores their implications for a scientific approach to governance like that advocated recently by public management writers. It is argued here that such an approach generally downplays the inherently political character of governance because it ignores the conflicts of values and the uncertainty that are an inherent part of the way in which we have come to govern ourselves.