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Street-Level Innovators: The Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats in Driving Local Innovation
Journal of Public Policy and AdministrationThis study examined the roles and importance of street-level bureaucrats in advancing innovation in local government. While previous research has emphasized their influence on policymaking in security, welfare, and education, this study focused on their role in innovation, based on perspectives of professionals and managers in the field.
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is growing evidence of the occurrence of several types of goal displacement in regulatory enforcement agencies. A major underlying determinant of these phenomena is the neglect of ambiguities characterizing the goals of these agencies.
Kees Huizinga, Martin de Bree
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In health care regulation, open outcome‐oriented standards are used to provide flexibility for care organizations to determine how to deal with complex issues. What remains understudied is how this works out in practice. This paper studies how inspectors use open standards to regulate the complex issue of person‐centered care.
Mirjam Kalisvaart +3 more
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Powers and Practices in Labor Standards Enforcement
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wage theft remains a pervasive problem internationally and within the United States. In response, worker advocates have sought stronger laws to deter violations and promote compliance. Yet formal authority alone may be insufficient; labor departments often fail to use the full extent of their legal authority to conduct vigorous enforcement ...
Daniel J. Galvin +4 more
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Primary care receptionists influence migrant access to healthcare by acting as street-level bureaucrats: a scoping review. [PDF]
BMC Prim CareBlackwell-Green G, Cooper M, Singh NV.
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines social assistance for vulnerable families at the frontline level of service delivery, exploring how citizens' trust and distrust are shaped within this administrative context. It addresses three questions: Do citizens distinguish between trust and distrust in frontline workers and public institutions when reporting on their
Christian Lahusen +2 more
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Family Physicians as Street-Level Bureaucrats: An Interview-Based Study of Service Supply Challenges in Shanghai, China During Public Health Emergencies. [PDF]
Risk Manag Healthc PolicyWang G, Tang M, Zhang T, Luo L.
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the context of rising authoritarian and populist political movements, scholars have increasingly identified external agency as a bulwark for liberal values. However, its capacity to protect such values may be contingent upon its acceptance within the profession—specifically, upon attitudes we conceptualize as “accountability credibility ...
Sebastian Roché +2 more
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A street view of groundwater policymaking and management in Azraq, Jordan
Water AlternativesGroundwater management is a complex task that includes a multitude of actors. It is even more complicated in water scarce countries with less well-established formal water governance structures.
Hoor Al-Amin +2 more
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Access to Vaccines in Floodplains and Hard-to-Reach Areas of the Brazilian Amazon: The Contribution of Street-Level Bureaucrats and the Use of Social Technologies. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Healthde Lima JA +4 more
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