Women in Public Administration: Theory and Practice: Theory and Practice / Edition 1

by Maria J. D'Agostino, Helisse Levine

Overview

Explore the gender dimension and expand the dialogue in your classroom through this collection of case studies, empirical studies, and theoretical essays on women's issues in public administration. This is the first book of its kind written about the female endeavor in public administration from the perspective of female public administrators and academics. Women in Public Administration illuminates women's past and emerging challenges, in a predominantly male based public sector. Your students will gain a clear understanding of how women administrators have been affected by male dominated labor markets, ethics and law, management, financial institutions, and public service. This book extends beyond the existing works in the field by furthering the discussion and bridging the gender gap in public administration theory. It is a must have addition to Introduction to Public Administration, Ethics, Women in Politics, Gender Studies or Diversity classes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763777258
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	10/05/2010
Edition description:	1
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Maria J. D’Agostino is an assistant professor of public administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, where she public administration on the graduate and undergraduate programs. She holds a PhD in Public Administration from Rutgers University. Her research interests include public service, citizen involvement, volunteerism and women and public administration. She has contributed to Gender in Management: an International,International Journal of Public Administration Review, and the Journal of Public Administration and Education.

Helisse Levine is assistant professor, Master of Public Administration Program, School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences at Long Island University, Brooklyn New York, where she teaches courses in public sector budgeting, healthcare financial management and research methods. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Rutgers University.Her research interests center on state and local government budgetary decision making, fiscal implications of economic cycles on sub-national governments, transparency in the municipal bond market, and the issue of gender in public administration. She has contributed to the Municipal Finance Journal, Administrative Theory & Praxis, and Gender in Management: an International Journal.

Table of Contents

Part 1 THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1 Feminist Theories and their Application to Public Administration
Chapter 2 Jane Addams Theory of Democracy and Social Ethics: Incorporating a Feminist Perspective
Chapter 3 A Theory of Difference
Part 2 FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES AND PRACTICES
Chapter 4 A Case Study: Female Friendly Policies in the Academe
Chapter 5 Research Productivity and Career Trajectories of Women in Public Administration
Chapter 6 Family Friendly Policies from Denmark: An International Perspective
Chapter 7 The (Un)intended Consequences of Family-Friendly Workplace Policies
Part 3 DIVERSITY, ETHICS AND LAW
Chapter 8 Women and the Law: The Statutory and Constitutional Legal Frameworks for Gender Equality
Chapter 9 Minority Women and Public Administration
Chapter 10 Women in Public Administration: Sustainable Development and Social Justice
Chapter 11 Women in Budgeting and Financial Management
Part 4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN PRACTICE: ISSUES AND OBSTACLES
Section 4-A The Female Practitioner
Chapter 12 Municipal Clerks: A Female Perspective of Local Government
Chapter 13 Women in Public Sector Unions: Opportunities and Obstacles on the Path to Activism and Leadership
Chapter 14 Women in the U.S. Military
Chapter 15 The Pipeline and Women Practitioners
Section 4-B The Female Manager
Chapter 16 Beating the Odds: Female Faculty, Students and Administrators in Schools of Public Affairs
Chapter 17 In Their Own Words: Profiling Women Strategic Managers in Award-Winning Programs
Chapter 18 Managing Gendered Politics in Careers: A Case of Women Managers in the Federal Government
Chapter 19 Women and the Nonprofit Sector
Part 5 THE FUTURE OF WOMEN IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 20 In Search of a Middle Ground: Preachy, Screechy and Angry vs. Soft, Sweet and Compliant
Chapter 21 Concluding Remarks