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This compelling book explores the dimensions of social equity by asking the leading equity scholars to reflect on the responsibility for social equity and how equity can be achieved. Each of the chapters in this volume pay particular attention to how social equity can be effectively incorporated into the classroom.
List of contents
Teaching Social Equity: An Introduction 1. Stepping up to the plate: Making social equity a priority in public administration's troubled times 2. Taking social equity seriously in MPA education 3. Balancing the four Es; or can we achieve social equity in public administration? 4. Advancing social justice and racial equity in the public sector 5. Preparing public service professionals for a diverse and changing workforce and citizenry: Evaluating the program of NASPAA programs in competency assessment 6. Diversity across the curriculum: Perceptions and practices 7. Prioritizing social equity in MPA curricula: A cross-program analysis and a case study 8. A diversity curriculum: Integrating attitudes, issues, and applications 9. Preparing the public service for working in multiethnic democracies: An assessment and ideas for action 10. Serving up justice: Fusing service learning and social equity in the public administration classroom 11. Human rights theory as a means for incorporating social equity into the public administration curriculum 12. Filling in the skeletal pillar: Addressing social equity in introductory courses in public administration
About the author
Michaela E. Abbott is a PhD Candidate in Public Administration at NC State University USA. She is a Doctoral Fellow of the Municipal Research Lab and the Editorial Assistant for the
Journal of Public Affairs Education.Bruce D. McDonald III is Associate Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance at NC State University,USA. He is the Editor-in-Chief of
Public Administration, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the
Journal of Public Affairs Education, and General Editor for both the
Routledge Public Affairs Education Book Series and the
Routledge Public Budgeting and Finance Book Series.
William Hatcher is Professor of Public Administration and Chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University, USA. He also serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the
Journal of Public Affairs Education and is the General Editor for the
Routledge Public Affairs Education Book Series.
Summary
This compelling book explores the dimensions of social equity by asking the leading equity scholars to reflect on the responsibility for social equity and how equity can be achieved. Each of the chapters in this volume pay particular attention to how social equity can be effectively incorporated into the classroom.
