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Despite countless advancements during the 20th century, a number of civil rights issues have re-emerged. Affirmative action, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights, reproductive rights, immigration and voting have again…
Community development is the bettering of political, social and economic institutions. But often development theory and practice is overly concerned with only the building of economic assets in a community.…
The U.S. public education system is world class, but it is also an embarrassment for such an affluent nation. Yet, there are reasons for optimism. Stakeholders understand the critical role…
Major comprehensive strategies to transform the public sector in Ethiopia, Haiti and Mozambique have considered stakeholders and civic participation. However, recent government administrative reforms show little evidence of community participation…
If you direct the resources of a public organization, you might someday be pivotal in the response to and recovery from emergencies or disasters. In my decade as an emergency…
Based upon the amount of time people spend at work, it is the place where people often meet their significant others. However, some encounters end up becoming unwelcome sexual advances,…
Social equity is not only difficult to define but difficult to implement. For public managers it means fixing the lack of justice that many marginalized groups have experienced and alleviating…
The judicial branch of the government has played a huge role in the formation of public policy. In the last few years, the most significant rulings by the Supreme Court…
Corruption is pervasive in New York. The State Integrity Investigation gave New York a “D” grade for corruption risk, finding it to be a “defining characteristic” of the state. However,…
Public employees have one major advantage over those who work in the private sector—the protection of state and federal constitutional rights. However, these rights are not absolute. Public employees, especially…
The social equity gap in our country and across the globe continues to grow every day, resulting in the increase of disparity among the richest, middle and the poorest classes.…