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A Very Public Search for Public Value: “Rhetorical Secretaries” in Westminster Jurisdictions
Citation
Grube, DC, A Very Public Search for Public Value: 'Rhetorical Secretaries' in Westminster Jurisdictions, Public Administration, 90, (2) pp. 445-465. ISSN 0033-3298 (2012) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2011 The Author
DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01973.x
Abstract
Senior bureaucrats in central agencies in Westminster jurisdictions frequently give keynote speeches as a part of their official function. What are these administrative leaders talking about, and to whom, and why does it matter? This paper will seek to answer those questions through the lens of public value theory by considering whether 'public rhetorical leadership' by senior bureaucrats is a legitimate contribution to the search for public value, and what challenges such behaviour may present to good governance. The speeches of senior bureaucrats in four Westminster jurisdictions - Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom - are examined as examples of how bureaucratic 'public rhetorical leadership' is currently being exercised. The paper concludes that the way in which senior bureaucrats exercise their rhetorical power can have significant implications for the implementation of policy, and for questions of bureaucratic accountability. © 2011 The Authors. Public Administration © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Policy and administration |
Research Field: | Policy and administration not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Government and politics |
Objective Field: | Government and politics not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Grube, DC (Associate Professor Dennis Grube) |
ID Code: | 99016 |
Year Published: | 2012 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 8 |
Deposited By: | Arts, Law and Education |
Deposited On: | 2015-03-11 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-30 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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