Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration

Review: Race and Social Equity: A Nervous Area of Government

Theodore Johnson

University of Nebraska at Omaha

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jsepa.v1i2.4858

Keywords: social equity, racial equity, government, public sector, nervousness

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Abstract

By Susan Gooden. New York: Routledge, 2015.

224 pages, paperback.

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Author Biography

Theodore Johnson, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Theodore W. Johnson, MPA (theodorejohnson@unomaha.edu) is a doctoral student within the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and an instructor within UNO’s Aviation Institute. His research interests focalize social equity and ethics, racial and educational equity, and inclusion with especial emphasis on the recruitment/retention of racial minorities to advance equity and promote opportunities in aviation/aerospace and other traditionally underrepresented fields.

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