A commentary on “Different strokes for different folks? The translation of public values into official meanings”
| Published date | 01 March 2024 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/00208523231158079 |
| Author | Edmund C. Stazyk |
| Date | 01 March 2024 |
A commentary on
“Different strokes for
different folks? The
translation of public values
into official meanings”
Edmund C. Stazyk
University at Albany, State University of New York, USA
Abstract
This commentary on the article “Different strokes for different folks? The translation of
public values into official meanings”considers the merits of the authors’arguments and
offers several recommendations for researchers interested in public values.
Keywords
Public values, value statements, administrative behavior, politics
Introductory words
Methodological controversies are commonplace in public administration research,
including the long running debate over qualitative vs. quantitative methods. This contro-
versy has been debated exhaustively over the years with little resolution, other than
encouraging researchers to employ multiple methods to cover all bases. But this option
is rarely feasible in a field that is chronically under-resourced and overwhelmed by the
need for modernized public services. The controversy therefore persists. The following
research article and commentary speak to this issue. The article was submitted to IRAS
and went through the standard review process. The commentary was written by a
blind reviewer who provided several reviews of the article. The actual back-and-forth
Corresponding author:
Edmund C. Stazyk, Department of Public Administration and Policy, University at Albany, State University of
New York,Albany, NY, USA.
Email: estazyk@albany.edu
Commentary
International
Review of
Administrative
Sciences
International Review of Administrative
Sciences
2024, Vol. 90(1) 20–28
© The Author(s) 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/00208523231158079
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