Description :
With a focus on a broad spectrum of topics--race, ethnicity, gender, disability, and sexual orientation at the federal, tribal, state, and local levels--this book equips readers to better understand the complex, real-world challenges public administrators confront in serving an increasingly diverse society.
Content :
- Cultural Competency and Public Administration
- Culturally Competent Agencies, Policies, and Public Servants
- A New Kind of Public Service Professional: Possessing Cultural Competency Awareness, Knowledge and Skills
- Legally Competent Public Servants: State Statutory and Regulatory Mandated Cultural Competence Provisions
- Cultural Competence When Serving Abroad
- Human Resource Management Practices That Facilitate Cultural Competence
- Cultural Competency in Action
- Developing Gender-Competent Public Administrators
- Cultural Competency in Hispanic Communities
- Cultural Diplomacy: Collaboration Between Tribal and State Governments
- Cultural Competency Around Sexual and Gender Orientation and Identity
- Partnership for People with Disabilities
- Cultural Competency in Health Care: Standards, Practices, and Measures
- Cultural Competency in Disasters
- Educating for Cultural Competence
- Cultural Competency as a Standard for Accreditation
- Cultural Competency in Public Administration Programs
- Cultural Competency in "Everyday" Public Policy Research
- A Dialogic Model for Cultural Competency in the Graduate Classroom
- Educating for and Assessing Cultural Competence
- Cultural Competency Across the Master's in Public Administration Curriculum
- Conclusions
- Challenges to Cultural Competency in Public Administration
- Conclusion: An Assessment of the State of Cultural Competency in Public Administration
- About the Editors and Contributors
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