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A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of values and virtue in public administration, this book calls for a rediscovery of virtue. It explores ways of enabling the public sector to balance the values that are presently dominant with classic values such as accountability, representation, equality, neutrality, transparency and the public interest.

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Introduction to Value and Virtue in Public Administration; M.S de Vries & Pan S. Kim Governance and Values in Contemporary Public Service; C.Garofalo Public Virtue Approaches; B.Tholen Ethics and Globalization in Historical Perspective: The Relevance of Socrates in our Days; D.Argyriades The Cultural-Economic Perspective on Values and Virtues; E.de Jong The Social Psychology Perspective on Values and Virtues; I.Sobis & M.S. de Vries The Institutional Perspective on Values and Virtues; E.Ostrom & V.Ostrom Public Administration as a Menetype B: Re-discovering Trichotomies; B.Cutting & A.Kouzmin Contemporary Trends and Dilemmas of Administrative Ethics in the Developing World; M.Shamsul Haque The Value Profile of Civil Servants in New European Democracies through the Lens of Embedded Ethics; J.Palidauskaite The Evil and its Cure: Clientelism, Corruption and their Institutional Remedies in Latin America; C.W.Andrews Perils and Prospects in Four African Countries; M.Sindane Public Sector Value and Virtue and the OECD; C.E.Lynch & T.D.Lynch Values and Virtues in the Japanese Public Sector; H.Kudo Conclusions; M.S de Vries & Pan S. Kim

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´Values and Virtues in Public Administration is a timely volume that brings together contributions from world-class scholars who remind us that values are the core of public administration. Professors Pan Suk Kim, Michiel De Vries and their collaborators offer the foundations for a post-New Public Management era in which fundamental public service values will be reasserted by both public officials and citizens.´ - James L. Perry, Distinguished Professor and Chancellor´s Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

´This excellent volume addresses the enduring problem of why ´values and virtues in public administration are not easily accomplished´ although ´everything public administration does is value-bound´ and ´virtuous behavior´ is often ´crucial.´ Seeking answers from theory and practice across the globe and time, the editors and contributors have produced an outstanding book of major importance to all who seek a deeper understanding of public administration that goes well beyond the conventional putative pillars of efficiency, economy, and effectiveness. This book is a must read for faculty and graduate students in public administration and public management.´ - David H. Rosenbloom, Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, American University, Washington, DC, USA.

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