Guardians of Public Value: How Public Organizations Become and Remain Institutions

Arjen Boin; L.A. Fahy; P. t Hart

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51701-4_1

Guardians of Public Value: How Public Organizations Become and Remain Institutions

Arjen Boin, L.A. Fahy, P. t Hart

Leiden University

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It’s an institution—a phrase we have all come across or may have used. We intuitively understand what it means. There is something special, perhaps mythical, about them. We value these institutions. We may even find it hard to imagine a life without some of these institutions. In this chapter, we offer a definition of institutions and introduce our theoretical framework (based on the work of Philip Selznick). We introduce the case studies in this book and identify patterns of institution building.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Guardians of Public Value
Subtitle of host publication	How Public Organizations Become and Remain Institutions
Editors	Arjen Boin, Lauren A. Fahy, Paul 't Hart
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	1
Pages	1-35
Number of pages	35
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-51701-4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-51700-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51701-4_1
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Guardians of Public Value: How Public Organizations Become and Remain Institutions. / Boin, Arjen; Fahy, L.A.; t Hart, P.
Guardians of Public Value: How Public Organizations Become and Remain Institutions. ed. / Arjen Boin; Lauren A. Fahy; Paul 't Hart. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. p. 1-35.

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