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Understanding community policing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to explore, in broad terms, how policing needs to be developed in communities today. Approach The approach is normative and analytical, considering the meaning of policing in general, and community policing in ...
Somerville, Peter
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Bakkebyråkratiets yttergrense. Hjemmetjenestens møte med eldre med psykiske helseproblemer

open access: yesNordisk Tidsskrift for Helseforskning, 2015
Street level bureaucracy’s outer limit. Home care service’s meeting with elderly people with mental health problems. This article illuminates framework for home care services’ work with older people with mental health problems living at home.
Astrid Skatvedt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Application of Customer Service Standards and Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Discretion in Lithuanian State Agencies

open access: yesBaltic Journal of Law & Politics, 2020
The main purpose of this article is to explore how standardization of the public service provision and introduction of customer service standards affect the de facto discretion of civil servants. The study uses a qualitative case study approach. Two main
Civinskas Remigijus   +2 more
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School principals’ perceptions of autonomy and control in low-SES communities - navigating local school administration on the front line

open access: yesNordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2023
In the decentralized Swedish school system, the local education authority (LEA) level has an important position when it comes to school governance. This article takes a micro-level perspective on principals’ perceptions of autonomy and control as they ...
Mette Liljenberg   +3 more
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Rachel Humphris. 2019. Home-Land: Romanian Roma, Domestic Spaces and the State. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 240 p.

open access: yesMartor, 2020
This volume by Rachel Humphris investigates the most intimate spheres of the social interaction with the street level bureaucracy of the state. The main actors involved in the interactions described and analyzed are the street level social “frontline ...
László Fosztó
doaj  

Street-level bureaucracy in the pandemic: the perception of frontline social workers on policy implementation

open access: yesRevista de Administração Pública, 2020
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
doaj   +2 more sources

Workfare in the undemocratic states: the case of China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article examines the problems caused by workfare in China. It is found that China’s public assistance scheme is managed mainly by volunteers and government officials who do not necessarily possess relevant qualifications.
Chan, CK, Ngok, K
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Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The issues caused by misinformation—How workers and organizations deal with it: A systematic literature review

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract In today's digital age, misinformation propagates rapidly through digital channels, blurring the lines between truth and fiction, and challenging the foundations of trust in information sources. Although affecting all spheres of life, misinformation poses a significant threat to workers highlighting a critical intersection between ...
Ashwani Malhotra   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From the Street Level: Perspectives from Women in Public Administration

open access: yesJournal of Social Equity and Public Administration
Public administration scholars have extensively examined front-line actors within state and local bureaucracies to understand how their daily interactions and perceptions effect policy implementation.
Sara R. Rinfret, Eric Wise
doaj   +1 more source

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