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The Street-Level Bureaucrats – an Analysis on the Future of the Romanian Front-Line Public Services

Perspective Politice, 2017
The study focuses on street-level bureaucrats in Romania and on their activity within public services. In this paper we will describe how the issue of discretionary power is tackle in emergency situations and the theoretical framework in the area.
Mihaela Victorita CARAUSAN
doaj  

Linguistic Diversity as a Challenge for Street-Level Bureaucrats in a Monolingually-Oriented Organisation

Social Inclusion, 2021
Migration-induced diversity has led to the global emergence of multilingual life worlds in which language regimes are particularly intertwined with labour markets. Thus, state institutions such as national unemployment services must fulfil a special role
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer, Clara Holzinger, Anna-Katharina Draxl   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
wiley   +1 more source

Street-Level Bureaucrats und Intermediäre: Beziehung auf Augenhöhe? [PDF]

, 2018
Der Artikel untersucht die Beziehung zwischen Verwaltung und Intermediären, also von Klienten beauftragte Dritte, die die Interaktion mit den Verwaltungen übernehmen. Hierbei wird die ambivalente Rolle diskutiert, die diese Intermediäre im Zusammenwirken
Döring, Matthias, Löbel, Stephan
core   +1 more source

ENVIRONMENTAL STATECRAFT AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: Chengdu's Ecological Preservation and Eco‐development

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of environmental statecraft to study changing urban environmental politics in China and beyond. Our review of existing conceptions reveals a growing need to account for temporal and geographical complexity. Neoliberal conceptions of eco‐state restructuring are increasingly strained by contemporary geopolitical
Handuo Deng, Fulong Wu, Fangzhu Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

The challenges encountered by street-level bureaucrats in Vietnam. [PDF]

, 2010
Vietnamese street-level bureaucrats run into several challenges while performing their day-to-day activities. These challenges originate from several socio-economic and policy related factors.
Zijderveld, T.
core  

Who deserves to be sanctioned? A vignette experiment of ethnic discrimination among street-level bureaucrats [PDF]

, 2023
To study discrimination in labour/housing markets, and among street-level bureaucrats in the welfare state, present both theoretical and methodological challenges.
Terum, Lars Inge, Øverbye, Einar, Fekjær, Silje   +2 more
core   +1 more source

EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
wiley   +1 more source

Digital and analogical discretion: an exploratory study of Italian street-level bureaucrats [PDF]

Journal of Innovative Digital Transformation
Purpose – The article examines how street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) manage the digital bureaucratic relationship in dealing with customer needs and the technological innovations introduced into organisations (digital tools).
Rebecca Paraciani, Roberto Rizza
doaj   +1 more source

DIFFERENTIATED INFRASTRUCTURAL CITIZENSHIP: Claims‐Making and the Limits to Transformative Urbanization in a Fast‐Growing Small City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of differentiated infrastructural citizenship (DIC) to explain how infrastructural citizenship is materially mediated, socially differentiated, and unevenly exercised in a rapidly urbanizing small city. It advances scholarship on infrastructural citizenship and everyday claims‐making as political participation
Nidhi Subramanyam
wiley   +1 more source