行政人員界定公眾利益途徑之探討   全文下載

A Study of the Approaches Public Administrators Defining Public Interest

公眾利益雖為公共行政所追求的最重要目標之一，然其含義卻至為模糊，眾說紛紜，是一充滿問題的概念。在現今社會中，行政人員在公眾利益的界定與實踐上，承擔舉足輕重的角色，故其公眾利益的認知，影響著公眾利益的面貌。本文除了分析行政人員在公眾利益界定上之重要性與所產生的問題外，還從實質途徑、過程途徑與主觀途徑三觀點認知公眾利益，以作為行政人員界定公眾利益時的參考。

Public interest, no doubt, is the most important goal and concept in Public Administration. However, its definition is still quite vague now. So, it is clearly a problematic concept. Most people in modern society confirm public administrators are the number one definers and executers for public interest. Three different approaches, content approach, process approach and subjective approach, are mentioned in this article to help public administrators to define public interest. Content approach emphasizes to ascertain the real substance of public interest. Process approach intends to set the necessary processes to define public interest. Subjective approach centre on the inner world of public administrators when they define public interest. The relationships of these three approaches are mutually supportive in stead of mutually exclusive.