Women in Public Administration: An Integrative Review

Schachter, Hindy Lauer

doi:10.37808/paq.44.4.2

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“…Historical analyses of different subfields in American public administration scholarship have shown that up until the last decade a comparative focus was rare (e.g., Schachter, 2020). To the extent that America’s Progressive reform movement has been studied in isolation from movements in other countries it is difficult to discern whether the U.S. political structure imposed opportunities or limitations on reformer’s success that did not exist for actors in other polities.…”

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Working-Class Women and the Progressive Era Development of Public Administration: The Case of Margaret Bondfield

Schachter

2023

Administration & Society

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Using a case study of British trade union organizer Margaret Bondfield, this article begins the task of adding a working class perspective to accounts of women’s participation in Progressive era urban reform and expansion of public policy while also showing how international networks of support among trade union women undergirded American reform efforts. The narrative expands the consideration of intersectionality and positionality in analyzing women’s role in developing public administration.

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Working-Class Women and the Progressive Era Development of Public Administration: The Case of Margaret Bondfield

Schachter

2023

Administration & Society

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“…A public servant is more than a professional identity; instead, public administration is part of a complex, intersectional identity encompassing many facets of an individual's expression of personhood. Too little literature across the field recognizes these intersectional identities (Schachter, 2020), and even fewer management methods consider the systemic disparities that occur as a result of this inattention. Her research agenda focuses on social equity, public personnel administration, and the nexus between public administration theory and practice.…”

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Trauma-Informed Public Management: A Step toward Addressing Hidden Inequalities and Improving Employee Wellbeing

Miller¹,

Trochmann²,

Drury³

2022

Public Administration Quarterly

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Public management practices that take a holistic approach are increasingly necessary; trauma-informed care, when embedded within public service, recognizes histories, experiences, and emotions of individuals. Many public servants experience vicarious trauma, by the very nature of their work, and there is a need to recognize this reality and use tools and techniques that are appropriately trauma-informed. Many organizations utilize trauma-informed care principles to engage with clients or citizens in arenas like social work, mental health, or addiction care, yet fewer organizations take a trauma-informed approach with their own employees to provide a safe and supportive workplace. Trauma-informed public management, conceptualized as embedding the six principles of trauma-informed practices into an organizational ethos, represents an opportunity to center the affective needs of public and nonprofit employees and managers who often bring their own traumatic experiences with them to their role and/or experience vicarious trauma in their jobs. The authors use applied examples from public sector responses to the COVID-19 pandemic -- a prolonged and traumatic experience shared by public servants and citizens alike -- to demonstrate these six principles and outline how trauma-informed techniques can be implemented now to benefit the public sector workforce.

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“…Despite these gains, women remain underrepresented in U.S. elected positions, holding less than 29% of seats in the 117th Congress and only 25% in the 117th Senate (Center for American Women and Politics, 2023). Achieving full and equal involvement of women in legislatures is crucial for inclusive democracy, ensuring responsiveness to public demands, equal representation, and benefiting from diverse leadership styles and perspectives (Schachter, 2020).…”

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Exploring the Journey and Perspectives of Women County Executives in Tennessee

Greene,

Jones,

Greene

2023

JSS

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The need for equal gender representation is crucial at local political levels. Of the 95 counties in Tennessee, only three currently have women county executives, and this representation is even less than in 2022 when five counties were led by women in the executive role. Although women account for only 19.8% of county chief executive officers nationwide, Tennessee falls well below the average with a mere 3.2% representation across all counties. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore and better understand the professional journeys of women county executives in Tennessee. Three themes emerged from analysis of the data: the nurturing/caregiving nature of women, the importance of political parties, and the impact on children. The study expands the current knowledge base on the career progression of elected women to help equalize women's presence in county government across the state.

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Women in Public Administration: An Integrative Review

Cited by 5 publications

References 140 publications

Working-Class Women and the Progressive Era Development of Public Administration: The Case of Margaret Bondfield

Working-Class Women and the Progressive Era Development of Public Administration: The Case of Margaret Bondfield

Trauma-Informed Public Management: A Step toward Addressing Hidden Inequalities and Improving Employee Wellbeing

Exploring the Journey and Perspectives of Women County Executives in Tennessee

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