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Shadow writing and participant observation : a study of criminal justice social work around sentencing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The study of decision-making by public officials in administrative settings has been a mainstay of law and society scholarship for decades. The methodological challenges posed by this research agenda are well understood: how can socio-legal researchers ...
Burns, Nicola   +4 more
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The Digitalisation of Dutch Civic Integration: How Digital Technologies Shape Inequality and Bureaucratic Discretion

open access: yesSocial Inclusion
Migration management is becoming increasingly digitalised, with digital borders producing inequalities by fixing framings that determine who is allowed entry and residence.
Iris Poelen, Ricky van Oers
doaj   +1 more source

Connections between post-1994 Health Care and Street-level Bureaucracy

open access: yesThe Thinker
Performance metrics continue to be a useful tool for modifying bureaucratic procedures in the workplace, although the majority of bureaucracy research and intervention has been centred on increasing efficiency.
Quincy Pule
doaj   +1 more source

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
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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)
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Governing Street-Level Bureaucracies [PDF]

open access: yes
This book examines how caseworkers are governed in today’s street-level bureaucracies. It redefines our understanding of public sector governance by highlighting the subtle, informal, and everyday forms of organizational governance that shape caseworkers’ subjectivities beyond formal policies and professional identities. Based on four distinct types of
Jacobsson, Kerstin, Johansson, Håkan
openaire   +2 more sources

The civilizing process in London’s Old Bailey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The jury trial is a critical point where the state and its citizens come together to define the limits of acceptable behavior. Here we present a large-scale quantitative analysis of trial transcripts from the Old Bailey that reveal a major transition in ...
DeDeo, Simon   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Decentralization as a Means to Improve Child Welfare Practice: Community-Based Services and the Problem of Street-Level Bureaucracy [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.McKenzie, Brad, Ph.D., dissertation Arizona State University, Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba - "Decentralization as a Means to Improve Child ...
McKenzie, Brad
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The Street-Level Bureaucrats – an Analysis on the Future of the Romanian Front-Line Public Services

open access: yesPerspective Politice, 2017
The study focuses on street-level bureaucrats in Romania and on their activity within public services. In this paper we will describe how the issue of discretionary power is tackle in emergency situations and the theoretical framework in the area.
Mihaela Victorita CARAUSAN
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

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