ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the threat posed to public managers and their public value creation efforts in illiberal democracies. Taking the case studies of two independent fiscal institutions in Hungary and Venezuela, the chapter identifies the impediments and ultimate disbandment of both institutions as suggestive of the dangers to public value creation when democracies develop an illiberal bent. Using Moore’s strategic triangle, the chapter identifies the curtailment of public managers under illiberal systems as unfavorable to value creation.
