Reimagining Public Managers : Delivering Public Value (Hardcover)

About the Author Acknowledgements Introductory Quote List of Tables List of Figures List of Acronyms & Abbreviations Preface Chapter 1: Introduction The Public Manager as Protagonist The Ambiguities of PVT The aim of this book The Structure of this Book Chapter 2: The Judiciary as Public Manager Public Value and the Judiciary Judicial Performance The Strategic Triangle Judicial Activism and Politics-Administration Dichotomy Judicial Value Creation Conclusion Chapter 3: The Armed Forces as Public Managers Introduction Defense & Security as Public Goods Collective Security & PV Destruction as Creation Armed forces in non-defense value creation The Strategic Triangle Legitimacy and Recognition Operational Resources Armed Forces as Arbiters of Value Conclusion Chapter 4: Multilateral Public Managers Introduction The IMF as institution of multilateral public managers Who creates value for whom? The Strategic Triangle Legitimacy: reciprocal legitimation Recognition of value: the urgent and the important Operational resources: surrender and obsolescence Multilateral PV Problems Leadership of a World Public Rhetoric Value Destruction Conclusion Chapter 5: Central Banks as Public Managers Introduction The Value Creation of Central Banks Central Bank Independence the Politics-Administration Dichotomy The Arbiters of Value? Strategic Triangle for Central Banks Legitimacy Recognition of Value Operational Resources Measuring the Value of Value The Rhetoric of Central Banks Conclusion Chapter 6: Conclusion: The Kaleidoscope of Public Managers Strategic Triangle Approaches Recent Questions in Public Value Lessons for NTMs Interplay between NTMs Macro-micro Outfield Value Politics-Administration Dichotomy Limitations & Future Research So who are the Public Managers? Index