Public Value in Politics: A Legislative Budget Office Approach

Usman Chohan and Kerry Jacobs

International Journal of Public Administration, 2017, vol. 40, issue 12, 1063-1073

Abstract: We use Legislative Budget Offices (LBOs) as both a lens and a test of “public value in politics,” a facet of Moore’s original framework that remains its most contested. We identify two public value roles for LBOs: (1) as a normative-advisory institution, and (2) as a mechanistic-costing one. Through Moore’s Strategic Triangle, we contrast the higher public value contribution of the advisory role, as manifested in the United States, with the costings role as manifested in Canada. Our findings suggest that LBOs enhance both democracy and efficiency and thus show how “public value in politics” can be achieved.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2016.1242612

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