Social equity and public administration : origins, developments, and applications / H. George Frederickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frederickson, H. George.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Public welfare--Management.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 169 pages).

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is designed to be the defintive statement on social equity theory and practice in public administration. Social equity is often referred to as the ""third pillar"" in PA, after efficiency and economy. It concerns itself with the fairness of the organization, its management, and its delivery of public services. H. George Frederickson is widely recognized as the originator of the concept and the person most associated with its development and application. The book's introduction and chapters 1-4 offer general descriptions of social equity in terms of its arguments and claims in changin

Contents:

Social equity and the new public administration

Social equity in context

Social equity : the democratic context and the compound theory

Social equity and the question of administrative discretion

The state of social equity in American public administration

An intergenerational social equity ethic

Social equity, law, and research

When education quality speaks, education equality answers

Social equity in the twenty-first century : in memory of Philip J. Rutledge.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612891199

9781317459774

1317459776

9781315700748

1315700743

9781282891197

1282891197

9780765624734

0765624737

OCLC:

676698082