Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social equity and the new public administration -- Social equity in context -- Social equity : the democratic context and the compound theory -- Social equity and the question of administrative discretion -- The state of social equity in American public administration -- An intergenerational social equity ethic -- Social equity, law, and research -- When education quality speaks, education equality answers -- Social equity in the twenty-first century : in memory of Philip J. Rutledge.

Designed to be the definitive statement on social equity theory and practice in public administration .