Justice for All: Promoting Social Equity in Public Administration

Title page......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
PART I Context and Background......Page 24
1 Social Equity in American Society and Public Administration......Page 26
2 Two Governments: Commentary......Page 49
3 Historical and Policy Dimensions of Inequity in Income and Wealth......Page 59
4 Social Equity and Development......Page 79
5 Urban Inequality......Page 99
6 The Economics of Diversity......Page 123
PART II Measuring Social Equity......Page 142
7 Social Equity, Health, and Health Care......Page 144
8 Social Equity in Criminal Justice......Page 188
9 Racial Test Score Gaps......Page 210
10 Environmental Justice and Land Use Planning......Page 215
PART III Leadership, Outreach, and Organizational Development......Page 230
11 Using Framing Theory to Make the Economic Case for Social Equity: The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs in Reframing the Debate......Page 232
12 Assessing Agency Performance: The Wisconsin Experience......Page 251
13 Integrating Social Equity into the Core Human Resource Management Course......Page 270
14 Toward a More Perfect Union: Moving Forward with Social Equity......Page 288
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 314
Index......Page 320