TY - GEN AU - Rutherford,Amanda AU - Meier,Kenneth J. TI - Chapter 1 The Common Denominator: Persistent Racial Gaps in the Administration of Policy SN - 9781003017639 PY - 2020/// PB - Taylor & Francis KW - bic Book Industry Communication KW - bicssc KW - Adrian KW - Alketa KW - Amanda KW - America KW - Andre KW - Ashley KW - biographies KW - Brown KW - Brulon KW - Cabral KW - Care KW - Cho KW - Common KW - Concluding KW - Crotty KW - Dantas KW - Denominator KW - Digital KW - Disparities KW - Diversity KW - Education KW - Ethnic KW - Eunji KW - Experiences KW - faced KW - Gaps KW - Governance KW - Grissom KW - Health KW - Index KW - Inequality KW - Insights KW - International KW - Janus KW - Jason KW - Jill KW - Jones KW - Karen KW - Kelly KW - Kenicia KW - Kenneth KW - Lee KW - LeRoux KW - Ling KW - Meier KW - Modern KW - Mossberger KW - New KW - Nicholson KW - Nonprofit KW - Organizational KW - Peci KW - Performance KW - Persistent KW - Place KW - Policing KW - Policy KW - Preface KW - Public KW - Race KW - Racial KW - Research KW - Rutherford KW - Sean KW - Sector KW - Seong KW - Soares KW - Thoughts KW - Toward KW - Vanessa KW - Workforce KW - Wright KW - Zhu N1 - Open Access N2 - Issues of race permeate virtually every corner of policy creation and implementation in the United States, yet theoretically driven research on interactions of policy, race, and ethnicity rarely offers practical tools that can be readily applied by current and future civil servants, private contractors, or nonprofit boards. Arguing that scholarship can and should inform practice to address issues of equity in public affairs, rather than overlook, ignore, or deny them, Race and Public Administration offers a much-needed and accessible exploration of current and cutting-edge research on race and policy. This book evaluates what contradictions, unanswered questions, and best (or worst) practices exist in conducting and understanding research that can provide evidence-based policy and management guidance to practitioners in the field.  Individual chapters are written by established and emerging scholars and explore a wide range of policy areas, including public education, policing, health and access to healthcare, digital governance, nonprofit diversity, and international contexts. Together, the chapters serve as a link between theoretically informed research in public administration and those students and professionals trained to work in the trenches of public administration. This book is ideally suited as a text for courses in schools of public administration, public policy, or nonprofit management, and is required reading for those actively involved in policy analysis, creation, or evaluation UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41390/1/9780367896713_oachapter1.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35883 ER -