A Polyphonic Debate on Social Equity Budgeting

Authors

Bruce D. McDonald III, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
Laurence Ferry, Durham University
Sean A. McCandless, University of Texas at Dallas
Meagan M. Jordan, Old Dominion UniverssityFollow
Ileana Steccolini, Università di Bologna
John R. Bartle, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Thomas Ahrens, UAE University
Jim Haslam, University of Jordan
Philip G. Joyce, University of Maryland, College Park
Tobias Polzer, WU Vienna

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

DOI

10.1111/padm.13039

Publication Title

Public Administration

Volume

Article in Press

Pages

13 pp.

Abstract

This paper is polyphonic (i.e., a debate involving multiple perspectives) and highlights emerging interdisciplinary thoughts on past, current, and future social equity budgeting (SEB). We present a vision for the field and emphasize the potential impact of this paper. We hope to enliven debates regarding context, underpinning philosophies, and methods, thus fostering a greater theoretical and practical reconsideration of SEB. The impact of this paper is significant, as it leads to a fundamental rethinking of SEB and related research, profoundly influencing the field. To do so, this paper has brought together 10 international scholars to foster an interdisciplinary approach regarding views and strategies. The richness of looking at a plurality of perspectives enables exploring developments that open the potential for a much greater theoretical and practical reconsideration of SEB and related research. The paper shows that while there is much convergence on the importance of ongoing research on gender, race, and class, there can also be more research on areas such as SEB's philosophical, theoretical, and empirical underpinnings that need further development.

Data Availability

Article states: "The authors have nothing to report."

Rights

© 2024 The Authors.

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

ORCID

0000-0001-8963-8606 (McDonald), 0000-0002-1574-5238 (Jordan)

Original Publication Citation

McDonald, Bruce D., III, Ferry, L., McCandless, Sean A., Jordan, Meagan M., Steccolini, I., Bartle, John R., Ahrens, T., Haslam, J., Joyce, Philip G., & Polzer, T. (2024). A polyphonic debate on social equity budgeting. Public Administration. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.13039

Repository Citation

McDonald, Bruce D. III; Ferry, Laurence; McCandless, Sean A.; Jordan, Meagan M.; Steccolini, Ileana; Bartle, John R.; Ahrens, Thomas; Haslam, Jim; Joyce, Philip G.; and Polzer, Tobias, "A Polyphonic Debate on Social Equity Budgeting" (2024). School of Public Service Faculty Publications. 67.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/publicservice_pubs/67