Review: All Is Not as It Seems: A Critical Film Review of Bureaucracy, Democracy, Social Equity and Justice in Zootopia

Karen Sweeting

University of Rhode Island

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6211-4682

Schnequa Nicole Diggs

North Carolina Central University

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8519-4737

Del Bharath

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5724-4845

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jsepa.v2i1.5633

Keywords: Bureaucracy, Democracy, Inclusion, Social Equity


Abstract

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Author Biographies

Karen Sweeting, University of Rhode Island

 

Dr. Karen D. Sweeting (she/her) (ksweeting@uri.edu) is an assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Sweeting views her research as a duty to public service, striving to examine how public service can be more equitable, inclusive, and just to better serve all people from all walks of life, specifically vulnerable, suffering, minoritized, and marginalized populations.

Schnequa Nicole Diggs, North Carolina Central University

Schnequa Nicole Diggs, PhD (she/her) (sdiggs1@nccu.edu) is an assistant professor at North Carolina Central University. She is the vice president of the COMPA, co-chair for the NASPAA DEI committee, and an SDSJ board member.

Del Bharath

Del M. N. Bharath, PhD, MPA (she, her, hers) (delmnb@gmail.com) is an independent researcher. Her research seeks approaches to a more humanistic public administration, both in pedagogy and practice.


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