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Modification of Public Policies by Street-Level Organisations: An Institutional Work Perspective [PDF]
Journal of Social Policy, 2016 AbstractThe literature on policy implementation is divided with regards to the impact of street-level bureaucrats on the implementation of public policies. In this paper, we aim to add to and nuance these debates by focusing on ‘institutional work’ – i.e.
ERIC BREIT +2 more
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Comparative Migration Studies, 2023 Building on the case of visa procedures, this article analyses the relationship between border bureaucracies and intermediaries understood as actors, organisations and knowledge that facilitate, shape, and enable human mobility.
Federica Infantino
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‘Double activation’: Workfare meets marketisation
Administration, 2021 Since the financial crisis, Ireland’s welfare state has been reorientated around a regulatory, ‘work-first’ activation model. Claimants now face penalty rates for non-compliance with activation requirements that have been significantly extended since ...
McGann Michael
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Bratislava Law Review, 2023 Restrictions in the sphere of civil rights and freedoms introduced by governments led to the numerous demonstrations of citizens in the whole world. During street protests, they expressed their disapproval of the radical measures taken by authorities ...
Joanna Marszałek-Kawa, Kateryna Holovko
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Using heat maps to identify areas prone to violence against women in the public sphere
Crime Science, 2020 The lack of accessible crime data, especially geolocations, in developing countries often acts as a barrier to identifying environmental or situational factors in high crime areas that might contribute to the facilitation of those crimes.
Margarita Garfias Royo +2 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2020 Background In Ghana, rates of self-harm in young people are as high as they are in high income countries. Self-reported interpersonal, familial and societal stressors form the most important background, and self-harm is seen by young people as a way of ...
Emmanuel N-B. Quarshie +2 more
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‘Boxing Is Our Business’: The Embodiment of a Leftist Identity in Boxe Popolare
Societies, 2018 Based on two-year ethnography of boxe popolare—a style of boxing codified by Italian leftist grassroots groups—and participant observation of a palestra popolare in an Italian city, the article purports to (a) deepen understanding of the ...
Lorenzo Pedrini
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Digital and analogical discretion: an exploratory study of Italian street-level bureaucrats [PDF]
Journal of Innovative Digital TransformationPurpose – 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
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018 Background We evaluated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a loyalty scheme based intervention involving rewards for increasing physical activity in public sector employees.
Ruth F. Hunter +9 more
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Iterations of work inclusion beyond the standard service
Journal of Comparative Social WorkEmployment services are repeatedly criticised for building barriers to service user participation and decent employment due to combinations of conditionality, bureaucratic logics, high caseloads and scarce resources.
Kjetil G. Lundberg +3 more
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