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Understanding Street-Level Bureaucracy

2015
<i>Understanding Street-Level Bureaucracy</i> gathers internationally acclaimed scholars to provide a state-of-the-art account of theory and research on modern street-level bureaucracy, filling an important gap in the literature on public policy delivery.
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‘Street-level bureaucracy, management and the corrupted world of service’ [PDF]

European Journal of Social Work, 2016
Lipsky’s analysis of the implementation gap in welfare policy in ‘Street-level Bureaucracy’ focuses on the problem front-line discretion but ‘brackets off’ the discretion of senior managers.
Tony Evans
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Street Level Bureaucracy, Casework and Justice

Social Theory and Practice, 2022
Most contemporary justice theories focus on the basic structure of society but pay relatively little attention to the implementation of laws and policies at the street-level. As agents of the basic structure, social caseworkers and street-level bureaucrats are, however, potentially in a unique position in the fight to deliver justice at the coalface of
Daniel Engster, Matt Edge
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Street-level bureaucracy revisited

Language and Dialogue, 2016
In social work practice, keeping records of encounters with clients is a routinized practice for documenting cases. This paper focuses on the specific task of obtaining the prospective clients’ correct address for filling in a standardized personal report form. My analysis focuses in the way both the client(s) and the social worker cooperatively orient
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The Theory of Street-Level Bureaucracy

Administration & Society, 1987
The characterization of decision making by the theory of street-level bureaucracy is subjected to critical analysis. Its similarities to several classical assumptions, common to bureaucratic discourse, are noted. An alternative "political" discourse and a complementary framework are explicated to advance the theory of street-level bureaucracy.
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"Street-Level" Bureaucracy and Political Support

Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1978
Failure of Mexican Americans to integrate and attach themselves to American political and social life is often attributed to bad personal experiences with political authorities. In this paper, levels of contact and satisfaction with several agencies of government are correlated with measures of political participation, political efficacy ...
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State Crime in the Street-Level Bureaucracy

International Criminal Justice Review, 2012
On the basis of two points of departure: (1) no state has clean hands and (2) the types of crime a state commits vary with state formations, this article explores cases where the Swedish state and its agencies have been held responsible for some form of wrongdoing.
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Caseloads, Performance, and Street-Level Bureaucracy

Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1981
It is well known that staff in public agencies have substantial discretion in carrying out their tasks. And it is widely claimed that heavy caseload pressure exacerbates such discretion. This study tests models of discretionary behavior induced by heavy caseloads in public agencies. It finds strong support for the argument that, facing both high short-
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Street-Level Bureaucracy and E-Government

Public Management Review, 2013
With the intensive use of information and communication technologies, governments are transforming into e-governments. While public management research has given increased attention to this subject lately, this article reviews the limited literature that deals with the impacts of e-government technologies on street-level bureaucracies.
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