Representative Bureaucracy Theory and the Implicit Embrace of Whiteness and Masculinity

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Portillo, Shannon; Humphrey, Nicole; Bearfield, Domonic A.
• 署名单位: University of Kansas; University of Miami; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Rutgers University Newark
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13477
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 594-597
• 关键词: active representation; GENDER; equity; RACE; service

摘要

Throughout much of representative bureaucracy literature, scholars have primarily focused on the representation of people seen as other in the professional workforce-people of color and women. However, whiteness and masculinity have been central to the development of public administration as a field of scholarship and practice. As a field, we have often avoided explicit discussions regarding the impact whiteness and masculinity. We argue that silences around race and gender have significant implications. Using representative bureaucracy as a frame, we seek to highlight how acknowledging whiteness and masculinity in our scholarship can help provide a more comprehensive understanding of race and gender in public administration.