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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. Public affairs graduate programs, like a master's in public administration or public policy, often teach public management separately from social equity. This book empirically and theoretically bridges social equity and public management for use in the public affairs graduate classroom. The book highlights international research that leverages public management theory to build reasonable social equity measures and applications. 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 specifically designed for global public affairs classrooms that connects public management theory and practice with social equity reforms.
List of contents
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
