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Justice for all : promoting social equity in public administration / edited by Norman J. Johnson and James H. Svara.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Transformational trends in governance & democracy.
- Transformational trends in governance & democracy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social justice--United States.
- Social justice.
- Social values--United States.
- Social values.
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- United States--Economic policy--2009-.
- United States.
- United States--Social policy--1993-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 311 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, NY : M.E. Sharpe, c2011.
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Justice for All is the first book that provides a comprehensive examination of social equity in American public administration. The breadth of coverage--theory, context, history, implications in policy studies, applications to practice, and an action agernda--cannot be found anywhere else.
- Contents:
- Title page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Context and Background; 1 Social Equity in American Society and Public Administration; 2 Two Governments: Commentary; 3 Historical and Policy Dimensions of Inequity in Income and Wealth; 4 Social Equity and Development; 5 Urban Inequality; 6 The Economics of Diversity; PART II Measuring Social Equity; 7 Social Equity, Health, and Health Care; 8 Social Equity in Criminal Justice; 9 Racial Test Score Gaps; 10 Environmental Justice and Land Use Planning; PART III Leadership, Outreach, and Organizational Development
- 11 Using Framing Theory to Make the Economic Case for Social Equity: The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs in Reframing the Debate12 Assessing Agency Performance: The Wisconsin Experience; 13 Integrating Social Equity into the Core Human Resource Management Course; 14 Toward a More Perfect Union: Moving Forward with Social Equity; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613147783
- 9781315703060
- 1315703068
- 9781283147781
- 1283147785
- 9780765630278
- 0765630273
- OCLC:
- 741683707
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