Essays about: "Street-level bureaucrats"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 33 essays containing the words Street-level bureaucrats.

  1. 11. AI in Public Service: Stakeholder Framing of Implementing Robotized Process Automation in Financial Aid in Swedish Municipalities.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jesper Olsson; [2021]
    Keywords : AI; RPA; technological frames; Trelleborg-model; Financial Aid; Digitization; Administration.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Artificial Intelligence has become a hot topic as improvements in available technologies previously considered science fiction, like image recognition, language processing, and self-driving vehicles, are becoming financially viable. Further, several studies point to how automation of processes will increase efficiency in a variety of white-collar sectors. READ MORE

  2. 12. 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. 13. A blessing from above? A study on the implementation of the provision on Organisational and social work environment in Swedish schools

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fardis Mohammadi; [2020]
    Keywords : implementation; safety representative; headmaster; work environment; discretion; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Reports of teachers experiencing negative psychosocial work environment are increasing in Sweden, despite existing policies and provisions in place to ensure an adequate work environment. This study investigates the implementation of a provision created by the Swedish Work Environment Authority in 2015, the provision on Organisational and social work environment, in schools. READ MORE

  4. 14. Legal consciousness in street-level bureaucracies: A qualitative study on the legal consciousness of social workers assessing eligibility for social assistance in relation to activation requirements

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Karin Jansson; [2020]
    Keywords : legal consciousness; street-level bureaucracy; discretion; social assistance; activation; social work; policy implementation; welfare; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Activation measures were implemented as a condition for social assistance in Sweden in the 1990s. Generally, the goal has been to promote the transition from welfare to work and to(re)integrate people dependent on social assistance into the labour market. READ MORE

  5. 15. What Rocked the Welfare Boat?, A Qualitative Case Study of Implementation Process of Dementia Policy in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nnacheta Marius Madu; [2020]
    Keywords : Sweden; dementia patients; social democracy; policy implementation; actors; street-level bureaucrats; conflict ambiguity; policy failure.; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This research has tried to resolve the ongoing debate among the Swedish elites and politicians regarding why the adopted policy has failed to address the needs of patients with dementia in Sweden. It is argued that the origin of the debate lies between the policy formulation and how it is being implemented. READ MORE