The Public Interest Reconsidered

Sorauf, Frank J.

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“…Campbell and Marshall (2000) suggest that this approach has continued to thrive, expressed both through participation in the market, but also through participation in the election of politicians. It is a highly democratic conception of the public interest, but not one that is particularly collective in nature (Sorauf, 1957).…”

Section: A Typology Of the Public Interestmentioning

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In the public interest? Planning in the Peak District National Park

Maidment

2016

Planning Theory

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In the public interest? Planning in the Peak District National Park

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2016

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“…The term public value has many meanings (for instance, Schubert, 1960;Sorauf, 1957;Fuller, 1964). The term public value has many meanings (for instance, Schubert, 1960;Sorauf, 1957;Fuller, 1964).…”

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Public values and public failure in US science policy

Bozeman

2005

sci public policy

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Domestic science policy in the United States is linked inextricably to economic thinking. We seek to develop a practical analytical framework that confronts the manifest problems of economic valuing for science and technology activities. We argue that pervasive use of market valuation, market-failure assumptions and economic metaphors shapes the structure of science policy in undesirable ways. In particular, reliance on economic reasoning tends to shift the discourse about science policy away from political questions of "why?" and "to what end?" to economic questions of "how much?" Borrowing from the "public values failure framework", we examine public values criteria for science policy, illustrated with case vignettes on such topics as genetically modified crops and the market for human organs.

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“…The concept of public interest, which claimed to represent all of these voices, and therefore claimed legitimacy for planning, has long been questioned (Sorauf, 1957). Simultaneously, planning was accused of representing the views and interests of a social and technical elite, an accusation that continues to this day, even after acknowledging the diversity and inequality of society and the political nature of planning (Gans, 1968;Gunder, 2010).…”

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Limits of Localism

Madanipour

2017

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A trend in the planning discourse tends to portray the local in a positive light. This paper critically examines localism and regionalism, from a theoretical point of view, to find out whether this positive outlook may be maintained. First the ontology of the local is examined, with its substantive, relational and experiential aspects. As a complex, multi-dimensional process, localism is then analysed at the intersection of four dimensions of power: territorial, representational, institutional, and functional. Boundaries are drawn, representations created, relations within and beyond the locality arranged, and functions allocated. The analysis shows a tendency to essentialise the local as a finished, circumscribed, commodified product, at odds with its multiplicity, diversity, inequality, porous boundaries and relational reality. There is also a gap between the definitions and functions allocated to the local in a hierarchical division of labour, relations with intra-and extra-local political and economic forces, and the mythological narratives of autonomy.

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The Public Interest Reconsidered

Cited by 78 publications

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In the public interest? Planning in the Peak District National Park

In the public interest? Planning in the Peak District National Park

Public values and public failure in US science policy

Limits of Localism

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