Street-Level Public Servants

Sara R. Rinfret is Associate Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs, and Professor of Public Administration at Northern Arizona University, USA. She has more than a decade of higher education leadership experience, serving in roles such as Acting Dean, Associate Dean, Chair, and Master of Public Administration Director. Her scholarship is globally recognized in the areas of regulatory policy, environmental policy, women, and government, public administration, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Part I: Defining the Lilliberation Framework & Elements of Understanding 1. Understanding the Voices of Public Service from the Front-Lines 2. Defining Administrative Racism through the Lens of Higher Education Community Engagement 3. The Hidden Hero: The Role of HR Offices in Building Inclusive and Empowered Government Workforces 4. Administrative Sovereignty: Tribal Governance and Public Administration Part II: Front-Line Actors and Representative Bureaucracy 5.Women & Regulation: The Case Study of Re-imagining Policy Implementation 6. Public Policy Implementation and Workforce Diversity: How Important is the Latter In Enhancing Policy Outcomes? 7.Women on the Frontlines of Democracy: Gender Dynamics that Structure Local Election Administration in the United States Part III: Key Applications of Understanding 8. First-Gen to Policy Wonk: The Case of Study of an Educator 9. The Case of Social Equity Budgeting and Seattle, Washington 10. There is a Better Way: The Case Study of Camden City School District’s Approach to School Safety Through the Use of District School Security Officers 11. The Front-Lines Revisited: A Liberatory Framework for the Future