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Understanding street-level bureaucrats’ attitude towards clients: towards a measurement instrument

, 2020
The attitude of street-level bureaucrats towards their clients has an impact on the decisions they take. Still, such attitudes have not received much scholarly attention, nor are they generally studied in much detail.
Van de Walle, Steven, Keulemans, Shelena
core   +1 more source

Sentencing in the Shadow of Promotion: The Impacts of Circuit Court Nomination on Federal Judges

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judges seek to maximize their own utility, like everyone else. Their goals include job security and promotion. Federal judges lack the electoral incentives that often drive state judges, but they could audition for promotion. I test whether they audition for promotion in their criminal sentencing.
Nicholas Goldrosen
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon Populism and Representative Politics: On Why Fossil Fuel Firms Speaking for ‘The People’ Is a Bad Idea

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, Christopher Wright, Vanessa Bowden, Peter Fleming   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Street level bureaucrats influence on the implementation of Sundhedsplatformen

, 2019
I dette projekt undersøges problemformuleringen: Hvorfor har frontmedarbejdernes holdninger en betydning for implementeringen af Sundhedsplatformen? Dette gør vi gennem et kvalitativt studie, der tager udgangspunkt i en single case.
Lichi, Isak Megerlig, Andersen, Maria Bøge Østergaard   +1 more
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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, Jasper van der Kemp, Harold van Voornveld   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Governing Diversity at the Frontline: The Dual Logics of Cultural Sensitivity and Assimilation in Sweden

Nordisk Välfärdsforskning
This article investigates how street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) in Sweden manage cross-cultural challenges in their everyday interactions with migrants.
Andrea Spehar
doaj   +1 more source

Betwixt playing the waiting game and waiting in vain: Temporal governance and the thin alignment of care under universal health coverage in Kenya

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
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Dependencies and Nationalist Divergences: Public Versus Private Sector Employment and Beyond in Corsican Separatist Nationalism

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Separatist nationalism often persists in divided minority regions where internal factions struggle to agree on governance models, perpetuating conflict and political tension. This article examines the key structural and situational factors driving these divisions in Corsica, focusing on economic dependencies that shape divergent approaches to ...
Durukan Imrie‐Kuzu, Saliha Metinsoy
wiley   +1 more source

Algorithmic Governance: Experimental Evidence on Citizens' and Public Administrators' Legitimacy Perceptions of Automated Decision‐Making

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates legitimacy perceptions of automated decision‐making (ADM) among public administrators and citizens. Views of public administrators, who exercise discretion over policy implementation, reflect readiness to integrate AI into decision‐making.
Jaakko Hillo, Isak Vento, Tero Erkkilä
wiley   +1 more source

From Discretion to Calculation: How Analog Automation Shaped Digitalization of Finnish Social Assistance

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Automation in public administration is often seen as a recent, purely digital phenomenon that transforms decision‐making and governance. This article challenges that view by elucidating a historical continuum in the automation of administrative decision‐making.
Aleksander Heikkinen, Minna van Gerven, Riikka Koulu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source