Aufsatz(elektronisch)#1Februar 1991
Toward a Theory of the Public for Public Administration
In: Administration & society, Band 22, Heft 4, S. 395-417
ISSN: 1552-3039
In American public administration there is neither an extensive literature on the public nor an agreed-on conception of the public. Five conceptions on the public in public administration are offered, including the pluralist, public choice, legislative, client, and citizenship perspectives. Building on these five conceptions of the public, a set of requisites for a general theory of the public in public administration is offered.