Representative Bureaucracy Theory and the Implicit Embrace of Whiteness and Masculinity
本文指出代表性官僚制文献长期关注有色人种和女性,却忽视了白人性与男性气质在公共行政中的核心作用,呼吁学界正视这一沉默以更全面理解种族与性别议题。
Abstract Throughout much of representative bureaucracy literature, scholars have primarily focused on the representation of people seen as other in the professional workforce—people of color and women. However, whiteness and masculinity have been central to the development of public administration as a field of scholarship and practice. As a field, we have often avoided explicit discussions regarding the impact whiteness and masculinity. We argue that silences around race and gender have significant implications. Using representative bureaucracy as a frame, we seek to highlight how acknowledging whiteness and masculinity in our scholarship can help provide a more comprehensive understanding of race and gender in public administration.