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Migrant returnees as (anti-)migration messengers? A case of street-level representative bureaucracy in Senegal [PDF]

open access: yes
International organizations and foreign-funded NGOs run campaigns in Senegal to raise awareness of the perils of irregular migration. To increase their effectiveness, these organizations often enlist local migrant returnees to share their personal ...
Stier, Julia   +2 more
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RAS895095 Supplemental Material - Supplemental material for The weight of service delivery: administrative and rules burdens in street-level bureaucracy

open access: yes, 2020
Supplemental material, RAS895095 Supplemental Material for The weight of service delivery: administrative and rules burdens in street-level bureaucracy by Cristina M. Stanica, Dan Balica, Alexander C. Henderson and Tudor C. Ţiclău in International Review
Cristina M. Stanica (8461809)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

CHINESE UNIVERSITIES AS URBAN DEVELOPERS: The Tale of Two Innovation Complexes in Nanjing, China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Chinese universities are important but undertheorized players in the production of urban built environments. Most work focuses on purpose‐built university towns, neglecting the redevelopment of underutilized downtown campuses. Therefore, this article considers how two publicly funded universities in Nanjing attempted to establish ‘innovation ...
Hao Chen, Yunpeng Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Dimensions of Discretion: Specifying the Object of Street-Level Bureaucracy Research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
__Abstract__ At the street level of the state public policies get their final form and substance. This being so, discretion is a key concept.
Hupe, P.L. (Peter), Hupe, Peter
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Street Level Bureaucracy in Public Services to the Elderly in Kosovo

open access: yes, 2023
The crucial connection between governmental policy and citizens' daily life is represented by street-level bureaucracy. This article examines the various aspects that affect street-level bureaucrats' decision-making, with a focus on their use of ...
Leminota, Valtiza
core  

CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source

BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
wiley   +1 more source

PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
wiley   +1 more source

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