TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge Construction in Public Administration
T2 - A Discourse Analysis of Public Value
AU - Wallmeier, Franziska
AU - Helmig, Bernd
AU - Feeney, Mary
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by The American Society for Public Administration
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1111/puar.13005
DO - 10.1111/puar.13005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85056169210
SN - 0033-3352
VL - 79
SP - 488
EP - 499
JO - Public administration review
JF - Public administration review
IS - 4
ER -