Social Equity and Public Management Theory

A Global Outlook
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-69464-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 327 g

Reihe: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management

Social equity is a pillar of public service. Thus, social equity should be a central concern in public management in practice and scholarship. However, widespread incorporation and reflection of social equity practices in government and the anticipated public benefits still seem like an elusive goal. The ability to analytically assess social equity is the first step toward prescribing social equity reforms.

This book highlights international research that leverages public management theory to build reasonable social equity measures and applications. Composed to provide insight into the intersections of public management and social equity from multiple lenses, each chapter presents the empirical context in which the study takes place, including global region, government structure, and cultural insights related to the analysis. The chapters conclude with takeaways for public managers to consider in program and policy implementation, as well as with innovations for future public administration, public management, and social equity scholarship. Within these takeaways, methodological insights offer tools for scholars to incorporate in their measurement and analysis of social equity in the con-text of public management.

The research highlighted in the text includes studies from across countries in North and South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia. This is the first book that connects public management theory and practice with social equity reforms.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wiley, Kimberly

Young, Sarah

Cepiku, Denita

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Non-Profit-Organisationen, Verbände
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction  Section 1. Public Service Delivery & Social Equity Implications: Power, Designed Accountability, & Performance Measurements  2. Do Citizens Value Public Managers’ Power More than Equity in Bangladesh? Insights from An Experimental Study  3. The Challenge of Accountable and Equitable Service Delivery in a Highly Unequal Country: An Analysis of Three Public Services in Brazil  4. Steering or Drifting? Reviving Social Equity Through Performance Measurement in Hybrid Organizations: A Case from Italy  Section 2. Citizen Participation and Coproduction Practices: Fostering and Inhibiting Social Equity  5. Are Coproducing Citizens Privileged? Citizen-Engaging Service Innovation at the Expense of Social Equity Erosion in the U.S  6. Co-production of Public Services and Implications for Place-based Inequity: An Empirical Analysis of South Korea  Section 3. Equity Considerations in Planning: Through the Lens of Crisis Preparedness, Disability Policy, Intimate Partner Violence Interventions, and Artificial Intelligence Implementation  7. What Role Does Social Equity Play in Resilient Public Management? Implementing “Lockdown” Measures in Response to Covid-19 in Australia and Colombia  8. City Population Decline and Disability Public Service Equity: Evidence from China 9. Intimate Partner Violence and Social Equity: The Promise and Pitfalls of Public Management Responses in the U.S. 10. Public Management for Social Equity in the AI Era: A Global Analysis of National Strategies 11. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Kimberly Wiley is an Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Community Development at the University of Florida, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences. She engages in innovative qualitative methods to study the role of nonprofits in society. She has thirteen years of nonprofit experience in victim advocacy in local, state, and national organizations in the United States.

Sarah Young is a Professor of Public Administration at Kennesaw State University. She also serves as the Director of the Center for Evaluation, Assessment, & Applied Research. Dr. Young is also the co-editor-in-chief for the Journal of Public Affairs Education. Dr. Young’s research uses systems-based approaches to study the intersection of nonprofits, government, and social equity, especially during periods of crisis.

Denita Cepiku is a Professor of public management at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata.” Her main research interests are in the areas of social equity, collaborative governance, and strategic performance management. Dr. Cepiku is editor-in-chief of Azienda Publica (the Italian public management journal since 1987). She coordinated and participated in projects for the European Commission, the United Nations, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.