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100			_aChohan, Usman W. _96132
245			_aPublic value as rhetoric: a budgeting approach
260			_c2018
300			_ap.1217-1227.
520			_aThe public value theory has been accused of serving as a “rhetorical device” for public managers to advance their interests and influence vis-à-vis politicians. This article uses Legislative Budget Offices (LBOs) as a lens to re-examine the theme of “public value as rhetoric”. It examines how an LBO can relegate itself to a lower public value-creating position that avoids conflict with politicians, which then allows politicians to employ rhetoric such as fiscal “sustainability” and “responsibility”, without making actual budget choices that incur political costs. The findings of the article suggest that the use of public value as rhetoric is a function of contradictory values held by citizens, which politicians and public managers must reconcile by choosing to divert either resources or rhetoric. Furthermore, rhetoric is bidirectional, and employable not just by public managers, but by politicians as well. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration _96133
650			_aPublic value _96134
700			_aJacobs, Kerry _95442
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
906			_aBudgetary control
942			_2ddc _cAR