Public Values and Public Interest: Counterbalancing Economic Individualism

by Barry Bozeman

Book Overview

Economic 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. Public Values and Public Interest offers a direct theoretical challenge to the "utility of economic individualism," the prevailing political theory in the western world.

The book's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589011775
• ISBN13: 9781589011779
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 6.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher