The Flawed Foundations of Social Equity in Public Administration: A Racial Contract Theory Critique

IF 2.7 Q2 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Kim Moloney, Rupert Lewis
{"title":"The Flawed Foundations of Social Equity in Public Administration: A Racial Contract Theory Critique","authors":"Kim Moloney, Rupert Lewis","doi":"10.1093/ppmgov/gvad009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The social equity concept of American public administration traces its roots to the philosophies of John Rawls, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. We suggest such fixed positionalities limit what is knowable about social equity. This is due to their restricted considerations of America’s racialized origins. By introducing Charles Mills’ racial contract theory to the public administration discipline, we suggest that the assumed “social contract” at America’s origins was racialized, was disconnected from its historical actuality, and was born of exploitation. Racialized epistemological foundations alter how the social equity concept is understood. The implications matter for our disciplinary understanding of social equity and its origins.","PeriodicalId":29947,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Public Management and Governance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Perspectives on Public Management and Governance","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ppmgov/gvad009","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1

Abstract

Abstract The social equity concept of American public administration traces its roots to the philosophies of John Rawls, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. We suggest such fixed positionalities limit what is knowable about social equity. This is due to their restricted considerations of America’s racialized origins. By introducing Charles Mills’ racial contract theory to the public administration discipline, we suggest that the assumed “social contract” at America’s origins was racialized, was disconnected from its historical actuality, and was born of exploitation. Racialized epistemological foundations alter how the social equity concept is understood. The implications matter for our disciplinary understanding of social equity and its origins.
公共行政中社会公平的缺陷基础:对种族契约理论的批判
美国公共行政的社会公平理念可以追溯到罗尔斯、洛克和卢梭的哲学思想。我们认为,这种固定的定位限制了我们对社会公平的认识。这是由于他们对美国种族化起源的考虑有限。通过将查尔斯·米尔斯的种族契约理论引入公共行政学科,我们认为假定的“社会契约”在美国的起源是种族化的,与历史现实脱节,并且产生于剥削。种族化的认识论基础改变了人们对社会公平概念的理解。这对我们对社会公平及其起源的学科理解至关重要。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
CiteScore
5.30
自引率
6.20%
发文量
28
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信