Policy is not only made by street-level bureaucrats at the frontlines. It is also made by their
superiors—street-level managers—who set the organizational conditions through which …

The introductory article of this Special Issue explores the potential of an organisational
perspective in comparative migration studies and for migration studies more broadly …

Most research on the social policy–migration control link focuses on indirect control, that is,
denying access to welfare. This article instead draws attention to how welfare institutions are …

Purpose The paper aims to analyse the meaning and extension of discretionary power of
social service professionals within network-based interventions. Design/methodology …

Street-level bureaucrats face serious policy compliance challenges when implementing
'policies that run counter to traditional custom'. How can the compliance of street-level …

Public policy literature framed the Coivd-19 pandemic emergency as a powerful stress-test
for the functioning of public administration. In this context, the article reflects on the impact of …

Refêrencia eletrónica Telmo H. Caria e Octávio Sacramento,«Introdução: Subordinações
burocráticas e autonomias profissionais: etnografias de políticas sociais em prática» …

What is the role of street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) in regional governance initiatives? The
article addresses this question by analyzing the agency of SLBs in the implementation of two …

Introduction In Scotland, prostate cancer services have struggled to meet demand, and
urological cancer services have missed Scottish Government waiting time targets to a …

This article investigates the role of asylum judges in asylum policy implementation, focusing
on the pressures and constraints produced by the managerial turn affecting judicial offices …