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Multidimensional Militarisation, Evidence From Mexico's War on Drugs

open access: yesInternational Social Science Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents different dimensions of militarisation observed in Mexico since the start of the war on drugs. It argues that militarisation is a multidirectional phenomenon that is characterised by rationales that justify the use of illegal means to address complex issues, promising expediency and efficiency but rarely delivering on it.
Agustin Hernandez Berea
wiley   +1 more source

Autonomy and street-level bureaucrats’ coping strategies [PDF]

open access: yesNordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2015
Frontline practitioners like teachers in public-sector education systems are not policy takers but policy makers, according to Michael Lipsky’s seminal treatise Street-Level Bureaucracy , first published in 1980. They make policy by using their wide autonomy to adopt coping mechanisms , such as limiting client demand and creaming (cherry ...
openaire   +1 more source

Gender Justice in the Triple Planetary Crisis: A Scoping Review

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To identify and report how gender justice is conceptualised and discussed in contemporary health literature in relation to the Triple Planetary Crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, with a particular focus on the experiences of women and gender‐diverse populations, and the representation of nurses and other healthcare ...
Catelyn Richards   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Veilederblikket: Hvordan arbeidsbetingelser former Nav-ansattes syn på brukerne og deres problemer

open access: yesTidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning
Artikkelen undersøker hvordan Nav-veilederes blikk på brukerne og deres problemer formes av de institusjonelle og organisatoriske rammene de jobber under. Datamaterialet består av seks fokusgruppeintervjuer med to ulike grupper Nav-veiledere.
Silje Andresen, Maria G. Volckmar-Eeg
doaj   +1 more source

Always a Manager? Assessing the Commission's Capacity to Manage and Deepen the Post‐Brexit EU–UK Relationship Whilst Expanding Its Competencies

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses the European Commission's (Commission) capacity to manage and deepen the EU–UK relationship post the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) and its efforts to expand its competencies within the framework, through the use of the principal–agent theory.
David Moloney, Simon Usherwood
wiley   +1 more source

Equipping street-level bureaucrats with green skills for sustainable public policy change

open access: yesnpj Climate Action
The shift to a low-carbon economy requires developing green skills across sectors. This paper builds on a recent Perspective1 article examining how institutional regimes shape green skill formation. Drawing on the microfoundations of management research,
M. Kesternich   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Balancing Act: Navigating Policy as Street-Level Bureaucrats. A Study of Pedagogical Leadership in Early Childhood Education in Norway

open access: yesNordisk Barnehageforskning
This article focuses on pedagogical leaders’ challenges and tensions in their everyday work in early childhood education (ECE) in Norway. It investigates the relationship between policies and regulations formulated in the Framework Plan for Kindergarten
Hilde Hjertager Lund
doaj   +1 more source

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