Herbert A. Simon Lecture: Applying Critical Race Theory to Public Administration Scholarship and Midwest Public Administration Meeting

Session Submission Type: Lecture

Brief Overview

Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a framework which adopts a race-conscious approach to uncover and better understand institutional and structural racism in our society with the aim of promoting and achieving social justice. The premise of CRT is that our legal, political and economic institutions are inherently racist and that race is a socially-constructed concept which enables and justifies the ability of Whites to promote their own economic, social and political interests at the expense of people of color.

Section

• Midwest Caucus for Public Administration / Midwest Caucus for Public Administration

Lecturer

• Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers University-Newark

Chair

• William G. Resh, University of Southern California