Public Administration and the Public Interest

Re-Presenting a Lost Concept

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3755507
AutoresGary S Marshall (0000-0002-8731-6926, University of Nebraska at Omaha), Enamul Choudhury (0000-0001-7076-6173, Indiana State University)
Ano1997
Volume41
Fascículo1
Páginas119-131
Data de publicação1997-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764297041001009
OpenAlexW2070567530
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas11

This article analyzes how the concept of the public interest has been articulated in the field of public administration. It traces the intellectual development of the term and highlights the differences between a definition of the public interest that emphasizes a "community of meaning" and a definition that emphasizes the "objective control of administration." The article then goes on to discuss how the current debates concerning the postmodern experience inform a definition of the public interest for the 21st century

Administration (probate law) · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Postmodernism · Professional administration · Public interest · Public relations · Sociology · Law · Ombudsman and Human Rights · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research