1st Edition
Social Equity and Public Management Theory A Global Outlook
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 connect public management theory and practice with social equity reforms.
1. Introduction
Sarah Young, Denita Cepiku, & Kimberly Wiley
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
Md Shahriar Islam
3. The Challenge of Accountable and Equitable Service Delivery in a Highly Unequal Country: An Analysis of Three Public Services in Brazil
Camila Pagani, Luis Antonio Pittol Trevisan, Paula Schommer, & Willian Narzetti
4. Steering or Drifting? Reviving Social Equity Through Performance Measurement in Hybrid Organizations: A Case from Italy
Eleonora Perobelli, Giorgio Giacomelli, Giulia Cappellaro, & Raffaella Saporit
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
Sungdae Lim, Hyunseok Hwang, & Arnold Vedlitz
6. Co-production of Public Services and Implications for Place-based Inequity: An Empirical Analysis of South Korea
Yulan Kim
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
Simon Turner & John Wright
8. City Population Decline and Disability Public Service Equity: Evidence from China
Hongchuan Wang, Kaibo Xu & Zhe Chen
9. Intimate Partner Violence and Social Equity: The Promise and Pitfalls of Public Management Responses in the U.S.
Shannon Sokolowski
10. Public Management for Social Equity in the AI Era: A Global Analysis of National Strategies
Wilson Wong, Tony Wong, & Man Fung Lo
11. Conclusion
Denita Cepiku, Kimberly Wiley, & Sarah Young
Biography
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 U.S.
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 an Associate 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 OECD.
