Street-level bureaucracy in the pandemic: the perception of frontline social workers on policy implementation [PDF]
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the strategic role of social care policy to minimize the effects of this health crisis and its consequences on the poorest and most vulnerable population.
Fernanda Lima-Silva +3 more
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Child marriage remains a serious issue in many regions of Indonesia, including Sampang Regency, Madura. Despite the implementation of laws that set the minimum legal age for marriage, early marriages are still widespread and bring various negative ...
Fawaid Fawaid +2 more
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Research shows that street-level bureaucrats rely on notions of deservingness to manage their caseloads. Accounts traditionally identify how workers use mainstream cues to categorize clients, but a growing literature calls for situated accounts of ...
Gillian Slee
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Accessing medical records for research in South African public hospitals: a reflective narrative [PDF]
Background Access to medical data is important for health system research in South Africa. Researchers must obtain authorization from gatekeepers to enter hospitals and access medical records.
Daphney Nozizwe Conco +5 more
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Introduction “street‐level bureaucracy, populism, and democratic backsliding” [PDF]
AbstractThis special issue investigates the impact of populism and democratic backsliding on street‐level bureaucracy (SLB) across various countries and contexts. The cooccurrence of populism and democratic erosion significantly alters public administration, particularly affecting public sector employees responsible for policy implementation.
Lotta, G.S. +2 more
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A Blessing or a Curse? Generative AI, Administrative Burdens, and Policy Alienation in Street‐Level Bureaucracy [PDF]
Can the integration of generative AI into public administration ease administrative burdens in street‐level bureaucracy? This article examines this question through a 6‐month organizational ethnography conducted within a local authority in Shanghai. We
Hui Huang, Taiping Ma, Jiannan Wu
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Street-level bureaucracy: an underused theoretical model for general practice? [PDF]
Cooper MJ, Sornalingam S, O'Donnell C.
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STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRACY AND PUBLIC POLICIES: ANALYZING EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS [PDF]
This paper analyzes the implementation of educational policies and the roles of school professionals considering the street-level bureaucracy theory (LIPSKY, 1980).
BREYNNER RICARDO DE OLIVEIRA +1 more
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Betwixt agency and accountability: re-visioning street-level bureaucrats
This paper presents a critical assessment of the much-discussed tension between bureaucratic accountability and the contextual discretion of ‘street-level bureaucrats’ (i.e. front-line public sector workers). Based on an extensive literature review, the
Priyanshu Gupta +2 more
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Sometimes Resigned, Sometimes Conflicted, and Mostly Risk Averse: Primary Care Doctors in India as Street Level Bureaucrats [PDF]
BackgroundIn this study, we use the case of medical doctors in the public health system in rural India to illustrate the nuances of how and why gaps in policy implementation occur at the frontline.
Sudha Ramani +3 more
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