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The relationship between government and civil society: a neo-Gramscian framework for analysis [PDF]
, 2016 This paper presents a neo-Gramscian framework for the analysis of the relationship between government and civil society. We argue that the influence of ‘post-traditional’ theories of modernisation on ‘networks’ and ‘network society’ is crucial in ...
De Rynck, Filip +2 more
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Tenure and street-level bureaucrats: How assessment tools are used at the frontline of the public sector [PDF]
, 2015 The tension between governance and professional discretion is a question of constant interest in public administration research, and studies on street-level bureaucracy thus aim to understand the actions of frontline workers.
Assadi, Anahita, Lundin, Martin
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Prison staff and the health promoting prison. [PDF]
, 2011 Purpose – This paper aims to discuss some of the obstacles to implementing policy and strategy related to health promoting prisons. It focuses on the role of prison officers and raises issues concerning their conditions of service, training and ...
Dixey, R, Woodall, J
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‘Rogue’ Social Workers: The Problem with Rules for Ethical Behaviour [PDF]
, 2014 This article explores one aspect of increased managerialism, the impact of the expansion of rules in organizations. Discussing findings from a recent large-scale Canadian research project with social workers, this paper addresses some of the effects of ...
Taylor, Stephanie, Weinberg, Merlinda
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Governing Street-Level Bureaucracies
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
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Social Work and Society, 2020 This study investigates how formal equality is"done" in 48 individual action plans for social assistance. We use a street-level perspective to understand how policy is"done" to enhance equality for social assistance applicants. The analysis is based on
Rickard Ulmestig +2 more
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Exit, Voice, and Disloyalty [PDF]
, 2013 This Lecture begins with a puzzle about Albert Hirschman’s famous work Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Why do we make much of exit and voice but utterly neglect loyalty? It’s a question that goes well beyond Hirschman’s book.
Gerken, Heather K.
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Nordic Social Work ResearchIn this article, we have analysed policy documents related to the digitalization of the Norwegian child welfare services. The project ‘DigiBarnevern’ is a national initiative intended to develop and improve the digital tools in child welfare services. In
Minela Kvakic +2 more
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How do frontline tax workers assess citizen-clients’ trustworthiness? The role of signals and status characteristics [PDF]
, 2015 Within the literature on street-level workers’ encounters with citizens it is generally known that bureaucrats’ decision making is partly dependent on the relationship they have with them.
Groeneveld, S.M. (Sandra) +1 more
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China After the Reform Era [PDF]
, 2015 China’s reform era is ending. Core factors that characterized it – political stability, ideological openness, and rapid economic growth – are unraveling.
Minzner, Carl F.
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