Actions for Race and social equity : a nervous area of government

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Race and social equity : a nervous area of government / Susan T. Gooden

Author
Gooden, Susan
Published
Armonk, New York : M.E. Sharpe, [2014]
Physical Description
xvii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Nervousness, Social Equity, and Public Administration -- Race and Social Equity: A "Nervous Area of Government" -- Why Focus on Race? -- Social Equity, Public Administration, and Notions of American Democracy -- Conclusion -- References -- 2.The Saturation of Racial Inequities in the United States -- Housing -- Education -- Environment -- Conclusion -- References -- 3.Nervousness Within Individual Public Administrators -- Race Talk at Work -- Conversational Avoidance -- Strategic Colorblindness -- Assimilation -- Conversational Variability -- Personal Experience -- Cultural Pluralism -- Multicultural Mosaic -- Conclusion -- References -- 4.Nervousness in Public Sector Organizations -- Organizational Culture -- Organizational Values and Goals -- Organizational Socialization -- Organizational Leadership and Change -- Organizational Discourse -- Organizational Learning and High Performance -- Conclusion -- References -- 5.Seattle's Race and Social Justice Initiative -- Beginning Seattle's Race and Social Justice Initiative -- Implementing Seattle's Race and Social Justice Initiative -- Acknowledging Institutional Racism -- Citywide Employee Training on Race and Racism -- Developing Agency Plans -- Results from the Race and Social Justice Initiative -- Sustaining the Work -- Conclusion -- References -- 6.Assessing Agency Performance: The Wisconsin Experience -- Public Administration and Social Equity -- Assessing Social Equity in Governmental Services -- Contemporary Welfare Policy and Race -- Findings from Wisconsin Works -- Conceptual Model for Racial Disparities Analysis Within Agencies -- Conclusion -- Appendix 6.1 Interview Protocol -- Notes -- References -- 7.Making Racial Equity Work Visible: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- About the EPA -- Establishing the Office of Environmental Justice -- EPA Mission, Leadership, and Strategic Planning -- Implementing the Work: Operational Structure, Programs, and Activities -- Environmental Justice 2.0: Environmental Justice in Action -- Conclusion -- References -- 8.Assessing Racial Equity in Government -- Racial Equity Analysis -- Assessing Racial Equity in Government -- Evaluating Racial Equity Performance -- Conclusion -- References -- 9.Beyond the Diversity Plan: Overcoming Racial Nervousness Within MPA Programs -- NASPAA Standards -- Culture vs. Climate -- Performing a Cultural Audit -- Focusing on Program Specifics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10.Nervousness in a Comparative Context -- Government Apologies -- Comparative Nervousness -- Racial Discrimination and the United Nations -- Conclusion -- References -- 11.Principles for Conquering Nervousness in Government -- Principle 1 -- Principle 2 -- Principle 3 -- Principle 4 -- Principle 5 -- Principle 6 -- Principle 7 -- Principle 8 -- Principle 9 -- Principle 10 -- References.
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ISBN
9780765637185 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0765637189 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780765637192 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0765637197 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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