A ‘fair go’ values framework for public policy

IF 2.1 4区 管理学 Q2 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Australian Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI:10.1111/1467-8500.12624
Cosmo Howard, Pandanus Petter, Juliet Pietsch
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Abstract

There is a growing interest in how policy processes can better incorporate the values of the communities they serve, yet policymakers face numerous challenges when they seek to embed values into policies. This paper builds on existing values research to develop a bespoke policy values framework for Australia, based on the popular notion of a ‘fair go’. While the fair go is often associated with a narrow set of equality and procedural justice values, we show that it has a much wider range of historical and contemporary meanings, which taken together provide a useful starting point for understanding policy values important to Australians. We apply our framework to two policy domains—housing and immigration—to show that it offers an effective heuristic to help policymakers understand key value priorities and conflicts in these policy areas. The paper provides theoretical insights regarding the role of values in policymaking and offers a practical tool for use when designing, implementing, and evaluating policies.

Points for practitioners

  • Community values should inform public policy decision-making in a democracy. However, incorporating values into policy is difficult because of the wide range of different values to consider, the need to manage tensions and conflicts between values, and the time pressures often faced by policymakers.
  • The popular and enduring notion of the ‘fair go’ embodies multiple value positions, which cover a range of different values that matter to Australians, making it a good basis for an Australian policy values framework.
  • Our fair go values framework is designed to serve as a heuristic for policymakers when designing and evaluating public policies. It is not intended as a comprehensive guide to value debates in all policy areas, but offers a starting point for quickly appreciating the key value priorities and conflicts in relation to a policy issue. Policymakers should wherever possible follow up with detailed research to understand the complex value debates of different policy issue areas.
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公平竞争 "的公共政策价值观框架
人们越来越关注政策制定过程中如何更好地融入所服务社区的价值观,然而决策者在寻求将价值观融入政策时却面临着诸多挑战。本文以现有的价值观研究为基础,根据流行的 "公平竞争 "概念,为澳大利亚制定了一个定制的政策价值观框架。虽然 "公平地去 "通常与狭义的平等和程序正义价值观联系在一起,但我们表明,它具有更广泛的历史和当代含义,这些含义合在一起为理解对澳大利亚人很重要的政策价值观提供了一个有用的出发点。我们将我们的框架应用于两个政策领域--住房和移民--表明它提供了一个有效的启发式方法,帮助政策制定者理解这些政策领域的关键价值优先事项和冲突。本文就价值观在决策中的作用提出了理论见解,并为设计、实施和评估政策提供了实用工具。然而,将价值观纳入政策是很困难的,因为需要考虑的不同价值观范围广泛,需要处理价值观之间的紧张和冲突,以及政策制定者经常面临的时间压力。"公平地去 "这一流行且经久不衰的概念体现了多种价值立场,涵盖了对澳大利亚人至关重要的一系列不同价值观,使其成为澳大利亚政策价值观框架的良好基础。我们的 "公平去做 "价值观框架旨在为政策制定者在设计和评估公共政策时提供启发。它并不打算作为所有政策领域价值辩论的综合指南,而是为快速理解与政策问题相关的关键价值优先事项和冲突提供了一个起点。政策制定者应尽可能开展后续详细研究,以了解不同政策问题领域的复杂价值争论。
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期刊介绍: Aimed at a diverse readership, the Australian Journal of Public Administration is committed to the study and practice of public administration, public management and policy making. It encourages research, reflection and commentary amongst those interested in a range of public sector settings - federal, state, local and inter-governmental. The journal focuses on Australian concerns, but welcomes manuscripts relating to international developments of relevance to Australian experience.
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