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Dimensions of Discretion: Specifying the Object of Street-Level Bureaucracy Research
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Abstract At the street level of the state public policies get their final form and substance. This being so, discretion is a key concept. The goal of this article is to specify discretion as a research object in the study of street-level bureaucracy. Therefore the theoretical views on discretion prevalent in... view more
At the street level of the state public policies get their final form and substance. This being so, discretion is a key concept. The goal of this article is to specify discretion as a research object in the study of street-level bureaucracy. Therefore the theoretical views on discretion prevalent in juridical and other disciplines are explored. Discretion appears to be a multi-faceted concept. This finding has consequences for the analysis of discretion in the explanation of what happens in street-level bureaucracies.... view less
Keywords
civil service occupation; officialdom; civil servant; police officer; bureaucracy; public tasks; public facility; nonmarket good; the public; autonomy; scope of action; legal basis; policy implementation
Classification
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Organizational Sociology
Free Keywords
discretion; street-level bureaucracy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 425-440
Journal
der moderne staat - dms: Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 6 (2013) 2
ISSN
2196-1395
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed