Domonic A Bearfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 3424311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Domonic A Bearfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Domonic A |
| FAMILY NAME | Bearfield |
| SIGNATURE | BEARFIELD D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mitchell Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8845-1268 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The relevance of CRT to public administrative practice: The role of leaders
Public administration is poised to recognize that race is constitutive of bureaucratic hierarchies, processes, and outcomes and, as such, to ground our work in a more critical and progressive conceptual framework. In this exploratory analysis, we center Critical Race Theory (CRT) around practice, or praxis, a process that is self-reflexive and race-conscious to address root causes of racism, on the role of public sector leaders. This paper applie…
A New Era and New Concepts in the Study of Race in Public Administration
Weaponization of Wokeness: The Theater of Management and Implications for Public Administration
Contemporarily, the word “woke” has moved into the popular lexicon, largely to mean aware of and ideally doing something about systemic racism. After the George Floyd murder, and many other state‐sanctioned murders of Black Americans, protests erupted globally, and public administrators responded either with actionable policy changes or sometimes symbolic, “woke” statements that did little to alter the system. In this conceptual paper, we explore…
Myth of Bureaucratic Neutrality: An Examination of Merit and Representation
Representative Bureaucracy Theory and the Implicit Embrace of Whiteness and Masculinity
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 sil…
Making Violence Transparent: Ranking Police Departments in Major U.S. Cities to Make Black Lives Matter
This study suggests that police professionalism can both reduce homicides and prevent unnecessary police-related civilian deaths (PRCD). Those improvements would particularly benefit African Americans, who fall victim to both at disproportionately high rates. Policing practices regarding African Americans have a frustrating history, highlighted by the fact that PRCD generally, and for African Americans in particular, were not even counted until r…
The Disenfranchisement of Voters of Color: Redux
This article unpacks how voters of color continue to be disenfranchised by policy and administrative action. In 2013, the US Supreme Court issued a decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This ruling sets the stage for states to change their election laws which have perpetuated voter suppression and the disenfranchisement of people of color and low-income whites. The article examines…
The Myth of Bureaucratic Neutrality: Institutionalized Inequity in Local Government Hiring
As a field, we often relate merit and neutrality to the technical skills needed to be the “best” candidate for a job, but that was not necessarily what civil service reformers had in mind. The civil service system was meant to replace widespread political patronage, but the myth around the origins of the civil service system masked inequalities built into early testing requirements and institutionalized racial inequities in hiring practices. In t…
Can You Find It on the Web? An Assessment of Municipal E-Government Transparency
Despite the potential of open government, earlier research has found that local governments vary significantly in their embrace of transparency. In this article, we explore the variability question through the innovative application of an alternative set of transparency indicators. We find that cities are more likely to make information about finance and budgeting and general administration accessible to the public, less likely to place informati…
Debating Flinders
This article comprises a set of six responses to ‘The demonisation of politicians: moral panics, folk devils and MPs' expenses’ by Matthew V. Flinders, also published in this issue of the journal. The authors are Domonic A. Bearfield, Alastair Campbell, Martin Gainsborough, Peter Riddell, Klaus Segbers and Gerry Stoker
Forum: Student Reflections on the 2011 PAT-Net Conference
Comparing Discrete Distributions: Survey Validation and Survey Experiments
Field survey experiments often measure amorphous concepts in discretely ordered categories, with postsurvey analytics that fail to account for the discrete attributes of the data. This article demonstrates the use of discrete distribution tests, specifically the chi-square test and the discrete Kolmogorov—Smirnov (KS) test, as simple devices for comparing and analyzing ordered responses typically found in surveys. In Monte Carlo simulations, we f…
All mega-projects are local? citizen participation lessons from the big dig
This paper examines the impact of managerial philosophy on public participation. Specifically the paper explores the historical development of Boston’s Central Artery/Tunnel project, more commonly known as the Big Dig, with a particular focus on how the two men most closely associated with the conception and construction of the project approached this type of administrative reform. This paper uses the concept single and double loop learning to il…
Equity at the Intersection: Public Administration and the Study of Gender
While gender has emerged as an important research subject, the development of a feminist theory has been slow. This paper calls for a commitment to the development of a feminist theory of public administration. As part of this development, the author argues that the field also must embrace research focused on the intersection of multiple identity categories such as race and class
What Is Patronage? A Critical Reexamination
Despite a long and storied history, patronage and the functions it plays in American politics and public administration are still very much a mystery. This paper examines how patronage has been used and understood in American political science and public administration. The author calls for a reexamination of the concept based on developments found in the field of anthropology. In an effort to generate future scholarship, the author introduces a …
Can You Find It on the Web? An Assessment of Municipal E-Government Transparency
Despite the potential of open government, earlier research has found that local governments vary significantly in their embrace of transparency. In this article, we explore the variability question through the innovative application of an alternative set of transparency indicators. We find that cities are more likely to make information about finance and budgeting and general administration accessible to the public, less likely to place informati…
A New Era and New Concepts in the Study of Race in Public Administration
Weaponization of Wokeness: The Theater of Management and Implications for Public Administration
Contemporarily, the word “woke” has moved into the popular lexicon, largely to mean aware of and ideally doing something about systemic racism. After the George Floyd murder, and many other state‐sanctioned murders of Black Americans, protests erupted globally, and public administrators responded either with actionable policy changes or sometimes symbolic, “woke” statements that did little to alter the system. In this conceptual paper, we explore…
The Disenfranchisement of Voters of Color: Redux
This article unpacks how voters of color continue to be disenfranchised by policy and administrative action. In 2013, the US Supreme Court issued a decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This ruling sets the stage for states to change their election laws which have perpetuated voter suppression and the disenfranchisement of people of color and low-income whites. The article examines…
Making Violence Transparent: Ranking Police Departments in Major U.S. Cities to Make Black Lives Matter
This study suggests that police professionalism can both reduce homicides and prevent unnecessary police-related civilian deaths (PRCD). Those improvements would particularly benefit African Americans, who fall victim to both at disproportionately high rates. Policing practices regarding African Americans have a frustrating history, highlighted by the fact that PRCD generally, and for African Americans in particular, were not even counted until r…
Comparing Discrete Distributions: Survey Validation and Survey Experiments
Field survey experiments often measure amorphous concepts in discretely ordered categories, with postsurvey analytics that fail to account for the discrete attributes of the data. This article demonstrates the use of discrete distribution tests, specifically the chi-square test and the discrete Kolmogorov—Smirnov (KS) test, as simple devices for comparing and analyzing ordered responses typically found in surveys. In Monte Carlo simulations, we f…
What Is Patronage? A Critical Reexamination
Despite a long and storied history, patronage and the functions it plays in American politics and public administration are still very much a mystery. This paper examines how patronage has been used and understood in American political science and public administration. The author calls for a reexamination of the concept based on developments found in the field of anthropology. In an effort to generate future scholarship, the author introduces a …
All mega-projects are local? citizen participation lessons from the big dig
This paper examines the impact of managerial philosophy on public participation. Specifically the paper explores the historical development of Boston’s Central Artery/Tunnel project, more commonly known as the Big Dig, with a particular focus on how the two men most closely associated with the conception and construction of the project approached this type of administrative reform. This paper uses the concept single and double loop learning to il…
Equity at the Intersection: Public Administration and the Study of Gender
While gender has emerged as an important research subject, the development of a feminist theory has been slow. This paper calls for a commitment to the development of a feminist theory of public administration. As part of this development, the author argues that the field also must embrace research focused on the intersection of multiple identity categories such as race and class
Debating Flinders
This article comprises a set of six responses to ‘The demonisation of politicians: moral panics, folk devils and MPs' expenses’ by Matthew V. Flinders, also published in this issue of the journal. The authors are Domonic A. Bearfield, Alastair Campbell, Martin Gainsborough, Peter Riddell, Klaus Segbers and Gerry Stoker
Forum: Student Reflections on the 2011 PAT-Net Conference
Comparing Discrete Distributions: Survey Validation and Survey Experiments
Field survey experiments often measure amorphous concepts in discretely ordered categories, with postsurvey analytics that fail to account for the discrete attributes of the data. This article demonstrates the use of discrete distribution tests, specifically the chi-square test and the discrete Kolmogorov—Smirnov (KS) test, as simple devices for comparing and analyzing ordered responses typically found in surveys. In Monte Carlo simulations, we f…
Can You Find It on the Web? An Assessment of Municipal E-Government Transparency
Despite the potential of open government, earlier research has found that local governments vary significantly in their embrace of transparency. In this article, we explore the variability question through the innovative application of an alternative set of transparency indicators. We find that cities are more likely to make information about finance and budgeting and general administration accessible to the public, less likely to place informati…
The Myth of Bureaucratic Neutrality: Institutionalized Inequity in Local Government Hiring
As a field, we often relate merit and neutrality to the technical skills needed to be the “best” candidate for a job, but that was not necessarily what civil service reformers had in mind. The civil service system was meant to replace widespread political patronage, but the myth around the origins of the civil service system masked inequalities built into early testing requirements and institutionalized racial inequities in hiring practices. In t…
Making Violence Transparent: Ranking Police Departments in Major U.S. Cities to Make Black Lives Matter
This study suggests that police professionalism can both reduce homicides and prevent unnecessary police-related civilian deaths (PRCD). Those improvements would particularly benefit African Americans, who fall victim to both at disproportionately high rates. Policing practices regarding African Americans have a frustrating history, highlighted by the fact that PRCD generally, and for African Americans in particular, were not even counted until r…
The Disenfranchisement of Voters of Color: Redux
This article unpacks how voters of color continue to be disenfranchised by policy and administrative action. In 2013, the US Supreme Court issued a decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This ruling sets the stage for states to change their election laws which have perpetuated voter suppression and the disenfranchisement of people of color and low-income whites. The article examines…
A New Era and New Concepts in the Study of Race in Public Administration
Weaponization of Wokeness: The Theater of Management and Implications for Public Administration
Contemporarily, the word “woke” has moved into the popular lexicon, largely to mean aware of and ideally doing something about systemic racism. After the George Floyd murder, and many other state‐sanctioned murders of Black Americans, protests erupted globally, and public administrators responded either with actionable policy changes or sometimes symbolic, “woke” statements that did little to alter the system. In this conceptual paper, we explore…
Myth of Bureaucratic Neutrality: An Examination of Merit and Representation
Representative Bureaucracy Theory and the Implicit Embrace of Whiteness and Masculinity
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 sil…
The relevance of CRT to public administrative practice: The role of leaders
Public administration is poised to recognize that race is constitutive of bureaucratic hierarchies, processes, and outcomes and, as such, to ground our work in a more critical and progressive conceptual framework. In this exploratory analysis, we center Critical Race Theory (CRT) around practice, or praxis, a process that is self-reflexive and race-conscious to address root causes of racism, on the role of public sector leaders. This paper applie…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)