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Beyond the Sober State: The Work of Drunkenness in British Bureaucracy
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reports the drinking stories of British civil service clerical workers based at a large civil service office complex located in Newcastle upon Tyne between 1968 and 1993. It uses these stories to develop an account of state formation that takes seriously the place of joy, solidarity, contention, and exhaustion within public sector
Michael Vine
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Is stress among street‐level bureaucrats associated with experiences of administrative burden among clients? A multilevel study of the Danish unemployment sector [PDF]
, 2023 Kim Sass Mikkelsen +2 more
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Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite their very diverse interests, the classical sociological thinkers were concerned with analyzing the dramatic social transformations in the wake of colonialism, slavery, and modern industrial capitalism as well as the multiple revolutions, particularly in relation to the new forms of social inequalities and power disparities.
Zaheer Baber
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Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Despite growing recognition that countries around the world must transition to a low‐carbon economy, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. One way that decarbonization has been obstructed, we argue, is by fossil fuel firms intentionally conflating their agenda with ‘the people’, evoking notions of national identity, security and ...
Daniel Nyberg +3 more
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Street‐level bureaucrats' discretion between individual and institutional factors: The analysis of the minimum income policy implementation in two Italian regions [PDF]
, 2023 Alberta Andreotti, D Coletto, Anna Rio
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Nordisk VälfärdsforskningThis article investigates how street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) in Sweden manage cross-cultural challenges in their everyday interactions with migrants.
Andrea Spehar
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Pursuing patents for their own sake: How the investment discourse shapes patent quality and quantity
The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.Abstract Patent systems worldwide face criticisms over declining patent quality and increasing patent quantity. While most research focuses on strengthening examination rigour, this article turns attention to relatively underexplored patenting incentives.
Li Liu
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Building blocks of criminal investigations: A novel vignette study on investigative decision‐making
Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Aim This study investigates the decision‐making processes of Dutch district police teams during high‐volume criminal investigations, exploring which investigative activities are selected and explaining variation across teams. Additionally, we present the focal concerns guiding decisions in these investigations.
Natascha de Leeuw +2 more
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article investigates how Kenyan citizens access healthcare within the framework of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) reforms. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, it reconceptualizes waiting as a politically structured phenomenon rather than a simple delay. The analysis shows that UHC reforms do not eliminate waiting but instead redistribute it,
Edwin Ambani Ameso
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Soldiers as Street-Level Bureaucrats? Military Discretionary Autonomy and Moral Professionalism in a Police Perspective [PDF]
, 2023 Teun Eikenaar
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