Abstract
Our exploration of three bodies of literature–public management, accounting and urban governance–shows that three views on these new technological practices of ‘urban auditing’ are present in the literature: a technocratic, a critical and an emergent view. We use these three views to introduce the six papers in this special issue. We conclude with the observation that the public management perspective is important for understanding smart city dynamics: we should not present our insights only in our own community, but should also connect to the interdisciplinary debate on smart cities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 633-647 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Public Management Review |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 3 May 2020 |
Funding
This article is part of the research project on Sustainable development and Management by participatory governance practices in the High NORTH (ID: 288250) funded by the Research Council of Norway.
Keywords
- auditing
- Literature review
- public Management
- Smart cities
- Urban Governance
