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The readings in this collection provide a comprehensive guide to
the established knowledge and emerging issues regarding
democratizing public bureaucracies by making them socially
representative. The book includes both classic and cutting-edge
works, and presents a contemporary model for analyzing
representative bureaucracy that focuses on the linkages between
social origins, life experiences, attitudes, and administrators'
decision making. The selections address many of the leading
concerns of contemporary politics, including diversity and equal
opportunity policy, democratic control of administration,
administrative performance, the pros and cons of the new public
management, and reinventing government. Many of the field's most
cited works are included. Each chapter starts with an introductory
summary of the key questions under consideration and concludes with
discussion questions. With it's extensive selection of classic and
contemporary readings, the book will have wide application for
courses on bureaucracy, public administration, and public sector
human resource management.
The readings in this collection provide a comprehensive guide to
the established knowledge and emerging issues regarding
democratizing public bureaucracies by making them socially
representative. The book includes both classic and cutting-edge
works, and presents a contemporary model for analyzing
representative bureaucracy that focuses on the linkages between
social origins, life experiences, attitudes, and administrators'
decision making. The selections address many of the leading
concerns of contemporary politics, including diversity and equal
opportunity policy, democratic control of administration,
administrative performance, the pros and cons of the new public
management, and reinventing government. Many of the field's most
cited works are included. Each chapter starts with an introductory
summary of the key questions under consideration and concludes with
discussion questions. With it's extensive selection of classic and
contemporary readings, the book will have wide application for
courses on bureaucracy, public administration, and public sector
human resource management.
Women and Politics: Paths to Power and Political Influence examines
the role of women in politics from the early women's movements to
the female politicians in power today. The revised fourth edition
includes: a new preface analyzing the 2020 elections, focusing on
the historic victory of Kamala Harris and the gendered and racist
critiques she endured on the campaign trail. recognition of the
centennial of women's suffrage, with greater attention to Black and
Indigenous women's often overlooked contributions to the fight for
suffrage and expanded rights election results from the historic
2020 elections when more women filed congressional candidacies than
ever before and women's numbers in both Congress and state
legislatures reached record highs. analysis of the gender gap in
voting in 2020, focusing on both race and gender. updates
reflecting President Biden's historic cabinet picks, including Deb
Haaland as the first Native American to lead the Department of the
Interior and Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the Treasury
Department. coverage of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg and the nomination and confirmation of her
replacement, Amy Coney Barrett.
Women and Politics: Paths to Power and Political Influence examines
the role of women in politics from the early women's movements to
the female politicians in power today. The revised fourth edition
includes: a new preface analyzing the 2020 elections, focusing on
the historic victory of Kamala Harris and the gendered and racist
critiques she endured on the campaign trail. recognition of the
centennial of women's suffrage, with greater attention to Black and
Indigenous women's often overlooked contributions to the fight for
suffrage and expanded rights election results from the historic
2020 elections when more women filed congressional candidacies than
ever before and women's numbers in both Congress and state
legislatures reached record highs. analysis of the gender gap in
voting in 2020, focusing on both race and gender. updates
reflecting President Biden's historic cabinet picks, including Deb
Haaland as the first Native American to lead the Department of the
Interior and Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the Treasury
Department. coverage of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg and the nomination and confirmation of her
replacement, Amy Coney Barrett.
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