1st Edition

Social Equity and Public Administration: Origins, Developments, and Applications Origins, Developments, and Applications

By H George Frederickson Copyright 2010
    190 Pages
    by Routledge

    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is designed to be the definitive 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 changing political, economic, and social circumstances, and trace the development of the concept over the past forty years. Chapters 5-9 provide applications of social equity theory to particular policy arenas such as education, or to specific public administration issues such as the range of administrative discretion, the legal context, the research challenges, and social equity in the context of time and generations. Chapters 10 and 11 describe the current state of social equity and look towards the future.

    Introduction; 1. Social Equity and the New Public Administration; 2. Social Equity in Context; 3. Social Equity: The Democratic Context and the Compound Theory; 4. The State of Social Equity in Public Administration; 5. Social Equity and the Question of Administrative Discretion; 6. An Intergenerational Social Equity Ethic; 7. Social Equity, Law, and Research; 8. When Education Quality Speaks, Education Equality Answers; 9. Public Administration and Social Equity and the Future: The Folly of Experience and the Wisdom of History; 10. Social Equity in the Twenty-First Century: In Memory of Philip J. Rutledge; 11. Conclusions; References; Index.

    Biography

    H. George Frederickson