Social Equity and Evidence: Insights from Local Government

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Gooden, Susan T.
• 署名单位: Virginia Commonwealth University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.12851
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 822-828
• 关键词: federal civil-service; women; DISCRIMINATION; advancement; prospects; GENDER; RACE

摘要

This article examines the role of evidence-based decision making in social equity, with a particular focus on local government. It offers an assessment of the past, present, and future of such efforts by engaging themes from Matias Valenzuela's article based on King County, Washington. King County is one of more than 70 local governments that are members of the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, a growing national network of governments using an evidence-based approach to achieve racial equity. In general, previous social equity measures have focused largely on measuring the extent to which disparities exist. More recently, tools and resources have become available to assist local governments in designing and evaluating their approach and performance in reducing social inequities. Future evidence should include more standardized measures to benchmark success, provide comparative analysis, and better support the identification of best practices