Missing Binds: How Absent Ties Unleash Migrant Worker Activism Under an Authoritarian Regime
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migrant workers are considered less militant in collective action than locals, partly because they lack social ties in the receiving community. However, in China's Pearl River Delta, I find the opposite. Comparing five cases of labor protest from 2014 to 2016 drawing on ethnographic observations, interviews, and labor activists' records, I ...
Zheng Fu
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Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Frontline discretion serves as a core function in welfare delivery. However, little is known about the process between input and output of discretionary assessments. As welfare administrations increasingly explore automated decision‐support systems to improve consistency and efficiency, it becomes crucial to understand the mechanisms and ...
Maria G. Volckmar‐Eeg, Silje Andresen
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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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Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper focuses on how street‐level bureaucrats understand and manage information in their interactions with clients in the context of so‐called open‐book services, where digital tools make it possible for clients to easily access documentation conventionally viewed as internal work material for professionals' eyes only.
Jesper Petersson, Christel Backman
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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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Street‐Level Policymaking: From Local Political Preferences to Welfare Policy Delivery
Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Street‐level bureaucracy research argues that the local community shapes policy implementation. Yet, little is known about the impact of local political preferences on welfare policy application. This study extends this line of research examining how local political preferences in East Germany are linked to job centres' delivery of active ...
Veronika J. Knize +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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Administrative barriers to foreign investment in developing countries [PDF]
Recent international experience has shown that excessively complex administrative procedures, required to establish, and operate a business, discourage inflows of foreign direct investment.
Lumenga Neso, Olivier, Morisset, Jacques
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Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Given the high concentration of ethnic and cultural diversity in Italy, various national policies have been implemented to foster migrant integration. However, local authorities play a crucial role, as they are directly responsible for translating policy frameworks into concrete practices and mediating between institutions, families and ...
Fabio Maratia +2 more
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