01650pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001900040245011200059260000900171300001500180520105500195650002601250700002901276773002601305908000601331909001001337999001701347952010401364180718b2012   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMorrell, Kevin  aWhat is governance in the 'public interest'? The case of the 1995 property forum in post-conflict Nicaragua  c2012  ap.412-428.  aﾑPublic interest' (synonymous here with ﾑcommon goodﾒ and ﾑpublic goodﾒ) is a central concept in public administration. In an important, basic sense, we evaluate the effectiveness of governments in terms of whether their policies are detrimental to, or benefit, public interest. However there are problems operationalizing public interest: it seems a concept that is simultaneously indispensable yet vague. While difficulties operationalizing public interest are widely understood, a further problem is insufficiently acknowledged. This is that many features underpinning public interest (a tradition of citizenship, stable government, a rule of law, basic infrastructures) are taken for granted in established democracies. However, in other contexts we cannot assume these. Examining what public interest means in developing countries can be useful to identify these taken for granted assumptions, and to re-examine this ubiquitous and enduring concept. We do this through a case study of land rights reform in post conflict Nicaragua. - R  aPublic administration  aHarrington-Buhay, Nicola  aPublic Administration  aN  a97075  c97075d97075  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 90, Issue no: 2pAR97535r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR