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Table 5

Integrating policy capacity and public value

Dimension	Policy capacity framework	Public value management	Integrated approach
Core focus	Competencies and capabilities required for governments to respond effectively across all stages of the policy-making process	Normative goals guiding government action including public accountability, fairness, and the creation of public services	Combines both
Key components	Analytical, managerial, and political capacities each at their respective individual, organizational, and systematic levels.	Public value (output) Legitimization by decision-makers and societal actors Broadly defined organizational capacity	Combines both
Challenges addressed	Provides a comprehensive and multi-perspective of policy capacity,	Alternative to traditional public administrative and new public management approaches.	Addresses the ‘capacity for what’ dilemma in policy capacity studies and practices.
Normative concerns	None	Is government action aligned with democratic values? Is the public interest being served? Is value being created or destroyed?	Addresses the ‘darkside’ dilemma of policy capacity.

Dimension	Policy capacity framework	Public value management	Integrated approach
Core focus	Competencies and capabilities required for governments to respond effectively across all stages of the policy-making process	Normative goals guiding government action including public accountability, fairness, and the creation of public services	Combines both
Key components	Analytical, managerial, and political capacities each at their respective individual, organizational, and systematic levels.	Public value (output)Legitimization by decision-makers and societal actorsBroadly defined organizational capacity	Combines both
Challenges addressed	Provides a comprehensive and multi-perspective of policy capacity,	Alternative to traditional public administrative and new public management approaches.	Addresses the ‘capacity for what’ dilemma in policy capacity studies and practices.
Normative concerns	None	Is government action aligned with democratic values?Is the public interest being served? Is value being created or destroyed?	Addresses the ‘darkside’ dilemma of policy capacity.

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