01456pab a2200169 454500 180718b2008 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Rochet, Claude The common good as an invisible hand: Machiavelli's legacy to public management 2008 p.497-521. Sep Public management has been dominated by the quest for efficiency and has left us with fundamental ethical questions that remain unresolved. It is argued that Machiavellian thought may provide us with concepts and tools applicable to ruling societies confronted with uncertainities and change that are (1) in line with the most recent insights into institutional evolution and (2) appropriate to solve complex decision-making problems. the common good - a central concept of Machiavelli's thought - appears to be an invisible hand that lowers the transaction costs and acts as the keystone of complex public affairs thinking. This analysis is illustrated by a comparative case study of the two management projects of infrastructure crossing the Alps, the Alp Transit in Switzerland, and the Lyon Torino Link. It concludes with a proposal to upgrade the research program in public management that allows effectiveness (legitimacy of the ends) and effectiveness in its implementation. - Reproduced. Public administration International Review of Administrative Sciences N 80041 80041 80041 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 74, Issue no: 3 AR80501 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR