Essays about: "Street-level bureaucrat."

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  1. 1. Managing conflicting professionalisms: social assistants work with unaccompanied minors within the Swedish municipal social services

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Linnea Roslund Gustavsson; [2020-06-12]
    Keywords : Social Assistants; unaccompanied minors; street-level bureaucrats; discretion; professionalism;

    Abstract : This Masters thesis aimed to explore how social assistants have been impacted by the changes enforced since 2016 in their work with unaccompanied minors. They have worked in an ethically complex situation, of attempting to fulfil the needs of the unaccompanied minors, as this period has seen a restriction of the humanitarian ethos of Swedish migration policies, but also a movement towards new public management policies. READ MORE

  3. 2. When attitude matters - A study of the influence of street-level bureaucratic implementation behaviour in the field of conflict-ridden employment policies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linnea Kongsted Ritter; [2020]
    Keywords : street-level bureaucracy; implementation; attitude; behaviour; conflict; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : When street-level bureaucrats implement conflict-ridden policies in the field of cash benefits, attitude matters. This thesis illustrates that through several interviews with caseworkers working in various jobcentres in Danish municipalities and implementing ‘Jobreform fase 1’. READ MORE

  4. 3. Bureaucrationality Behind the Scenes Field Study of Bureaucrats’ Balance Between Objectivity and Compassion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alicja Ostrowska; [2018]
    Keywords : bureaucracy; dramaturgical analysis; objectivity; compassion; communicative action; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Considering the depersonalization that the bureaucratic role entails, it is interesting to analyze the bureaucratic role-play that occurs between public and private sphere from a dramaturgical perspective. In order to investigate the personal shift of bureaucrats’ attitude, I conducted participant observations and interviews at an office of a Swedish Agency. READ MORE

  5. 4. "It depends a lot on the case officer" : A qualitative study of case- and executive officers´assessment of asylum applications at the Swedish Migration Agency.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudier

    Author : Maria Habib Davidsson; Sofie Ekberg; [2018]
    Keywords : Asylum; Credibility; Asylum investigation; The Swedish Migration Agency; Street-level bureaucrat.;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to highlight the work of asylum case- and executive officers at the Swedish Migration Agency. It focuses on the oral investigation that is conducted by the Swedish Migration Agency with an asylum seeker in Sweden, how the case- and executive officers assess if an asylum seeker is credible, and if there are any difficulties with this process. READ MORE

  6. 5. Highlight the aid worker, not the poverty victim - A comparative field study of public and private aid in Ghana

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jenny Nyström; [2016]
    Keywords : development cooperation; street-level bureaucrat; private aid; implementation; Ghana; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study investigates whether privately funded aid projects enable a more effective development compared to publicly run, with the perspectives of local street-level bureaucrats at focus. The purpose is to highlight aid workers as much of policy is being formed and put into practice at street-level rather than policy level in developing countries. READ MORE