Integrating philosophical perspectives into the study of public administration: The contribution of Critical Realism to understanding public value

IF 2.9 4区管理学 Q1 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Public Policy and Administration Pub Date : 2024-04-18 DOI:10.1177/09520767241246654

Edoardo Ongaro, Yi Yang

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Abstract

Philosophical thought may provide an important contribution to the development of the theory and practice of public administration (PA). Notwithstanding such potential, however, philosophical thought has so far been limitedly employed in PA studies. To the extent philosophy has been brought into PA, three philosophies have been mainly used: Pragmatism, strands of Relativism-Constructivism, and Positivism. This paper argues that another philosophical approach can and ought to be considered much more systematically for application to foundational issues in PA studies, namely Critical Realism. The potential of this philosophical perspective is deployed to shed new light on key issues in the theory and practice of public value governance and management, a major area of academic investigation and practical application in the field of public administration and public management.

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将哲学观点纳入公共行政研究：批判现实主义对理解公共价值的贡献

哲学思想可以为公共行政理论和实践的发展做出重要贡献。然而，尽管有这样的潜力，哲学思想迄今为止在公共行政研究中的应用却很有限。在将哲学引入公共行政领域的范围内，主要使用了三种哲学思想：实用主义、相对主义-建构主义和实证主义。本文认为，在应用于政治学研究的基础问题时，可以而且应该更系统地考虑另一种哲学方法，即批判现实主义。这一哲学视角的潜力被用来揭示公共价值治理和管理理论与实践中的关键问题，这是公共行政和公共管理领域学术研究和实际应用的一个重要领域。

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Public Policy and Administration PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

CiteScore

11.30

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6.50%

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： Public Policy and Administration is the journal of the UK Joint University Council (JUC) Public Administration Committee (PAC). The journal aims to publish original peer-reviewed material within the broad field of public policy and administration. This includes recent developments in research, scholarship and practice within public policy, public administration, government, public management, administrative theory, administrative history, and administrative politics. The journal seeks to foster a pluralistic approach to the study of public policy and administration. International in readership, Public Policy and Administration welcomes submissions for anywhere in the world, from both academic and practitioner communities.