{"product_id":"public-values-and-public-interest-counterbalancing-economic-individualism-9781589011779","title":"Public Values and Public Interest: Counterbalancing Economic Individualism","description":"\u003cp\u003eEconomic individualism and market-based values dominate today's policymaking and public management circles--often at the expense of the common good. In his new book, Barry Bozeman demonstrates the continuing need for public interest theory in government. \u003ci\u003ePublic Values and Public Interest \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a direct theoretical challenge to the \"utility of economic individualism,\" the prevailing political theory in the western world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book's arguments are steeped in a practical and practicable theory that advances public interest as a viable and important measure in any analysis of policy or public administration. According to Bozeman, public interest theory offers a dynamic and flexible approach that easily adapts to changing situations and balances today's market-driven attitudes with the concepts of common good advocated by Aristotle, Saint Thomas Aquinas, John Locke, and John Dewey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn constructing the case for adopting a new governmental paradigm based on what he terms \"managing publicness,\" Bozeman demonstrates why economic indices alone fail to adequately value social choice in many cases. He explores the implications of privatization of a wide array of governmental services--among them Social Security, defense, prisons, and water supplies. Bozeman constructs analyses from both perspectives in an extended study of genetically modified crops to compare the policy outcomes using different core values and questions the public value of engaging in the practice solely for the sake of cheaper food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThoughtful, challenging, and timely, \u003ci\u003ePublic Values and Public Interest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e shows how the quest for fairness can once again play a full part in public policy debates and public administration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-39400\"\u003eBarry Bozeman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.39h x 9.00w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589011779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589011775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL010000\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Theory | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL017000\"\u003ePublic Affairs \u0026amp; Administration\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Bozeman \u003c\/b\u003eis the Ander Crenshaw Professor of Public Policy and Regents' Professor of Public Policy at the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs and adjunct honorary professor of political science at the University of Copenhagen. He has served as a consultant to a variety of government agencies and is the author or editor of fifteen books, including \u003ci\u003eBureaucracy and Red Tape\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLimited by Design: R\u0026amp;D Laboratories in the U.S. National Innovation System\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received numerous awards, including the Charles Levine Award, the James Webb Award, and the Dimock Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Georgetown University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44548226416877,"sku":"9781589011779","price":61.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_28008791-26c4-4622-b6ca-049825b76adf.jpg?v=1701637197","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/public-values-and-public-interest-counterbalancing-economic-individualism-9781589011779","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}