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At the Edges of the Welfare State: When Front-Line Bureaucrats Meet Migrant Roma Beggars in Norway

Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Romanian Roma who beg and perform street work represent the most visible and acute form of poverty in today’s Norway, but as EU citizens operating outside formal labour markets, they have limited access to social rights and services. Using a street-level
Silje Andresen, Jon Horgen Friberg
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Bureaucratic configuration and discretion in asylum case processing: the case of the EUAA in Greece

Comparative Migration Studies, 2023
This article takes an in-depth look at caseworkers at the European Union Asylum Agency in Greece. The agency’s increased role in asylum case processing and the emergence of the called “integrated European administration” is an unusual but nevertheless ...
Johan Ekstedt
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How Changing Narratives About the Future Shape Policymaking for the Long Term

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can we explain decisions by governments to engage in policy investments—accepting short‐term costs in return for anticipated gains in the longer term—after previously sustaining the status quo? Our article examines the role of narratives in changing expectations about the future as a key driver of intertemporal policymaking. In light of an
Pieter Tuytens, Charlotte Haberstroh
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IMPLEMENTATION OF ADOPTION IN SOUTH AFRICA: PERSPECTIVES FROM PRACTITIONERS IN THE WESTERN CAPE

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2022
In South Africa adoption as a form of alternative care had decreased despite a supportive legal and policy environment. This qualitative exploratory study explored adoption policy implementation. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four social
Jean Luyt, Leslie Swartz
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Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
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Shaping migration at the border: the entangled rationalities of border control practices

Comparative Migration Studies, 2021
This article analyses how border guards as members of a state organisation shape the movement of non-nationals into the territory of a nation state. Based on ethnographic fieldwork on the Swiss Border Guard (SBG), it explores the rationalities—understood
Christin Achermann
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Dinamika Implementasi Kebijakan Penanggulangan Kemiskinan di Indonesia [PDF]

, 2019
Kebijakan Penanggulangan Kemiskinan mempunyai peran strategis dalam upaya percepatan penurunan angka kemiskinan di Indonesia. Berbagai program telah dibuat dandigulirkan oleh pemerintah dalam berbagai bentuk dalam kurun waktu yang sudah cukup lama. Namun,
Firdaus, F. (Firdaus), Rakhmat, R. (Rakhmat)   +1 more
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State‐of‐Art in Studying the Public Health Effects of Heat: A Literature Review

Global Challenges, EarlyView.
This review aims to consolidate current knowledge about the public health impact of heat. Pathophysiological mechanisms are well‐known, but an ‘environmental epidemiology’ perspective is essential to drive adaptation strategies. Abstract The impact of heat and heatwaves on human health constitutes a significant hazard, disproportionately affecting ...
Lorenzo Gianquintieri, Enrico Gianluca Caiani   +1 more
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Street-level Citizenship: le cas de la promotion de la citoyenneté dans les politiques extrascolaires de la jeunesse à Genève

Swiss Journal of Sociology, 2018
Cet article analyse la formulation et la mise en oeuvre d’une politique sociale visant à promouvoir la citoyenneté. En s’intéressant au cas de la Fondation pour l’animation socioculturelle genevoise mandatée par l’État de Genève pour « favoriser la ...
Grand Jérôme
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Integritas Birokrat Garis Depan (Street Level Bureucrats) Dalam Pelayanan Kesehatan Gratis di Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah (RSUD) ANDI MAKKASAU KOTA PAREPARE

Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan, 2017
Integrity is required in the public service in order to prevent the occurrence of administrative pathology within the bureaucracy. This study aimed to describe the integrity bureaucrats front line (Street level bureucrats) in health services in Parepare ...
edyanto edyanto
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