Handbook on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Administration

Edited by Meghna Sabharwal, Professor, Sean A. McCandless, Associate Professor, Public and Nonprofit Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, and Shilpa Viswanath, Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, US

Contents

1 Introduction to the Handbook on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in
Public Administration 1
Shilpa Viswanath, Meghna Sabharwal, and Sean A. McCandless
PART I EXPLORING THE DIVERSITY DIMENSIONS AND THE
SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED IDENTITIES OF INDIVIDUALS
2 DEI and representative bureaucracy 11
Fangda Ding and Norma M. Riccucci
3 Institutionalism, intersectionality, and targeted universalism: toward
a global diversity framework 26
Rachael McLeod and Nuri Heckler
4 Gender in public administration 42
Meghna Sabharwal, Sean A. McCandless, and Shilpa Viswanath
5 The work lives of LGB public servants: a systematic quantitative
literature review 59
Roddrick Colvin and Seth J. Meyer
6 Disability-affirming diversity, equity, and inclusion 78
Rashmi Chordiya and Adana Protonentis
7 Diversity, religiosity, and intersectionality: a case study of Muslim
Americans 108
Shahrin S. Upoma and Shariq Siddiqui
PART II EXPLORING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
ACROSS SECTORS
8 DEI and human resources management 125
Madinah F. Hamidullah, Jaclyn S. Piatak, and Yiying Chen
9 Diversity, equity, and inclusion in nonprofit management 145
Kareem K.M. Willis, Wendy M. Nicholson, and Lindsey M. McDougle
10 Psychosocial dimensions of health, homelessness, and diverse families 156
Emily I. Nwakpuda, RaJade M. Berry-James, and Susan Mwarabu
11 DEI and intersectionalities: the case of zoning 170
Ty Price Dooley
12 Examining social equity in soil and water conservation governance in
the United States 182
Aritree Samanta and Elizabeth McGraw
13 Critical race theory, social equity, diversity, and inclusion: a case study
in inequity in New Mexico education policy 199
Cynthia Wise and Christina A. Medina
PART III GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND
INCLUSION
14 Race and gender in the Brazilian and Colombian public administrations 212
Ricardo A. Bello-Gomez, Josefina Carcamo-Vergara, and Eduardo Gomor
dos Santos
15 Diversity challenges in policing institutions: the case of Argentina 231
Fernanda Page Poma and Byron E. Price
16 Diversity, equity, and inclusion in immigration 248
Pamela S. Medina and Ashley D. Magdaleno
17 From recognition to restitution: a useful conversation between the
Colombian “multicultural and pluri-ethnic state” and the Critical Race
Theory in the pursuit of the global diaspora 262
Melissa Gómez Hernández
18 Persons with disabilities in Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Island Nations 277
Charlene M.L. Roach
19 Caste in education: promises and reality 297
Sameena Dalwai and Asmita Singh
20 DEI in climate policy: miles to go 311
Ishani Mukherjee and Sreeja Nair
PART IV PERSPECTIVES ON DEI: UNVEILING PERSONAL
POSITIONALITIES
21 Beyond the amnesic impulse and coloniality: liberation ethics for DEI
in public administration 327
Esteban Leonardo Santis
22 Diversity, equity, inclusion, and colonialism 342
Muhammad Azfar Nisar and Ayesha Masood
23 Deconstructing the philosophical positionalities of social equity:
a postmodernist perspective 361
Kim Moloney
24 Culturally inclusive mentoring: a DEI framework in higher education 374
Marsha J. Tyson Darling and Chotsani Williams West
PART V CONCLUSION
25 Integrating knowledge, frameworks, and future directions: reflections
and considerations for DEI in public administration 395
Sean A. McCandless, Meghna Sabharwal, and Shilpa Viswanath