Race and Social Equity: A Nervous Area of Government [Hardcover]

1. Nervousness, Social Equity, and Public Administration 2. The Saturation of Racial Inequities in the United States 3. Nervousness Within Individual Public Administrators 4. Nervousness in Public Sector Organizations, 5. Seattles Race and Social Justice Initiative 6. Assessing Agency Performance: The Wisconsin Experience 7. Making Racial Equity Work Visible: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 8. Assessing Racial Equity in Government 9. Beyond the Diversity Plan: Overcoming Racial Nervousness Within MPA Programs 10. Nervousness in a Comparative Context 11. Principles for Conquering Nervousness in Government

In this compelling book the author contends that social equity--specifically racial equity--is a nervous area of government. Over the course of history, this nervousness has stifled many individuals and organizations, thus leading to an inability to seriously advance the reduction of racial inequities in government.

[A] must read for all public servants, public administration professors, and graduate students... Race and Social Equity is destine to become a classic... American Review of Public Administration

[W]ell-thought-out and expertly developed. For such a slim volume, the book has breadth and depth beyond its size...Goodens scholarship and exposition rivals the classics in the field of public administration. All students, as well as practitioners and professors, should read and discuss this book in detail. Public Administration Review

Goodens book is a major resource and a welcome addition to the literature on social equity. It is an original and a thought-provoking pioneering endeavor. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

Race and Social Equity