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Political Research ExchangeFocusing on the administrative examination of applications for Italian naturalisation, the article aims to understand how the ‘highly discretionary powers’ granted to the relevant office by law are exercised in practice.
Daniela Trucco
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Parenting as Civic Action: A Relational Framework for Citizenship
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article conceptualizes parenting as a form of civic action. Identifying a relational turn in theories of citizenship, we propose an analytical framework for examining civic meanings in everyday parental acts. Foregrounding the intersubjective and intergenerational nature of state–citizen relations, the framework expands existing theories ...
Lauren Erdreich +3 more
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Welfare reform and the street level bureaucrat in homelessness services [PDF]
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2015 Purpose – Lipsky’s street level bureaucrat conceptual framework is employed to assist in understanding the ways in which statutory frontline homelessness practitioners are engaging with the current welfare reform agenda. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
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Revisiting the Political Economy of Agriculture in 21st Century Food Systems
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 1932, Joseph Duncan argued in the Journal of Agricultural Economics that agricultural economists should engage more explicitly with politics. Nearly a century later, the political economy of food and agriculture has expanded in both scope and complexity.
Danielle Resnick, Johan Swinnen
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Interactive Policy Processes: A Challenge for Street- Level Bureaucrats
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 2018 Street-level bureaucrats (SLB) play a crucial role in ensuring better policy implementa- tion and generating trust between the system and citizens, according to the literature. In this article, we argue that Lipsky’s distinction between public managers and SLB needs an update.
Annika Agger, Bodil Damgaard
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Crises tend to redirect political attention toward urgent relief efforts, often sidelining long‐term policy priorities. This article examines the role of agenda‐keepers—policy entrepreneurs who work to preserve attention to existing issues when crises threaten to displace them.
Luis Rivera‐Velez, Lucile Maertens
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Street-level bureaucracy meets Big Data: The moral economy of taxation in China in the digital age
Big Data & SocietyThis article investigates the impact of digital technology and big data analytics on street-level bureaucracy. Building onto literature that highlights the residual autonomy and resistance of practitioners against big data governance, this article ...
Yingyao Wang
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Critical Public HealthIn the name of public health protection, individuals and communities perceived to be diseased have long been coercively regulated through surveillance, sequestration, or various forms of criminal punishment. In the U.S., people experiencing homelessness (
Lesley Jo Weaver +3 more
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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
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Information Research: An International Electronic JournalIntroduction. We investigated the information behaviour of street-level bureaucrats (individuals in public services). Our two objectives were: first to develop a theoretical framework that supports interdisciplinary research on legal decision-making ...
Norma Fötsch, A.A.J. van Helvoort
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