Searching for “the usual suspects”: The role of discretion and target group constructions in the frontline of policy implementation (Record no. 524799)
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| Personal name | Nørup, Lben and Jacobsen, Betina |
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| Title | Searching for “the usual suspects”: The role of discretion and target group constructions in the frontline of policy implementation |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Public Administration: An international Quarterly |
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| Extent | 101(2), Jun, 2023: p. 671-692 |
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| Summary, etc | This study investigates the implementation of preventive policy targeting children. Based on longitudinal survey data we analyze how frontline workers assign meaning to core concepts of the policy and categorize the children and in this light how their exercise of discretion affects policy implementation. Many studies problematize the effects of limiting the discretion in the frontline. We identify a case where the policy is highly ambiguous, the definitions of target groups, core concepts, or central goals are vague, and the general steering of the frontline is not characterized by a lack of discretion but a lack of organizational boundaries to shape the discretion. This expands not only the policymaking role of the frontline but also becomes a barrier to developing a stronger preventive effort. The findings give nuanced insight into how organizational boundaries affect the discretion and target group construction in the frontline during frontline implementation of welfare policies. – Reproduced https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padm.12820 |
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| Main entry heading | Public Administration: An international Quarterly |
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| Subject DIP | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION |
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| Indian Institute of Public Administration | Indian Institute of Public Administration | 2024-01-17 | 101(2), Jun, 2023: p. 671-692 | AR130605 | 2024-01-17 | Articles |