
Defining Publicness for Complex Governance Networks in the Early 21st Century
The argument of this paper is that complex governance networks (CGN) conceptualization can help us understand publicness, the core problem of public administration, better in the 21st century. CGN suggests that publicness should be defined as an emergent category, a characteristic of the collective structures that emerge from the actions of multiple individuals and organizations in a society. In the paper, the conceptualizations of publicness in the traditional view of public administration, organizational theories of publicness, economists’ public good definitions, public service motivation theory, normative public interest and public values theories are reviewed. It is argued that CGN advances the thinking of publicness in the realized publicness conceptualization and the polycentrism and institutional analysis development frameworks with its micro-macro problem. Recent studies in various areas, particularly in the studies on the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate the applicability CGN and point to future directions in studies.
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Work Title | Defining Publicness for Complex Governance Networks in the Early 21st Century |
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Work Type | Research Paper |
Publication Date | May 20, 2024 |
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Deposited | May 20, 2024 |
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