Social Equity and Public Management Theory

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 United States. 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 a 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 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

1. Introduction 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 3. The Challenge of Accountable and Equitable Service Delivery in a Highly Unequal Country: An Analysis of Three Public Services in Brazil 4. Steering or Drifting? Reviving Social Equity Through Performance Measurement in Hybrid Organizations: A Case from Italy 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 6. Co-production of Public Services and Implications for Place-based Inequity: An Empirical Analysis of South Korea 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 8. City Population Decline and Disability Public Service Equity: Evidence from China 9. Intimate Partner Violence and Social Equity: The Promise and Pitfalls of Public Management Responses in the U.S. 10. Public Management for Social Equity in the AI Era: A Global Analysis of National Strategies 11. Conclusion