Race and Public Administration confronts how race shapes policy across the United States and why existing research often fails to give practitioners usable guidance. The book argues that scholarship should directly inform practice to advance equity rather than avoid the issue. It provides an accessible synthesis of current and emerging research on race, policy, and administration for public servants, contractors, and nonprofit leaders.

Cross-national evidence from the United States, United Kingdom, and Netherlands demonstrates that management practices succeed or fail based on political, environmental, and organizational context. Managerial networking, for example, operates differently across these systems. A contextual framework clarifies how public managers can select actions that actually work within their institutional setting, moving the field toward a more general comparative model.

Race influences policy creation and implementation across the United States, yet most research offers little practical guidance for public-sector decision makers. A clear link is drawn between scholarship and practice to confront equity issues directly rather than sidestep them. Current and emerging research on race and policy is synthesized for use by public servants, contractors, and nonprofit leaders seeking to apply evidence-based approaches to equity in administration.