On the front lines of welfare delivery
Are workers implementing policy reforms
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 11680704 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Marcia K Meyers (Columbia University, autor de correspondencia), Bonnie S Glaser, Bonnie Glaser, Bonnie E Glaser (University of California, Berkeley), Karin Mac Donald (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Año | 1998 |
| Volumen | 17 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 1-22 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0276-8739 • E-ISSN: 1520-6688 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1520-6688(199824)17:1<1::aid-pam1>3.0.co;2-i |
| OpenAlex | W2033845837 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 128 |
The impact of policy changes on the local delivery of services has been overlooked in several decades of largely unsuccessful efforts to “reform” welfare. This article uses one case of state-level welfare reform in the early 1990s to examine the implementation of policy changes in local welfare offices. Direct observation of transactions between welfare workers and clients suggests that policy reforms were not fully implemented by street-level bureaucrats. The instrumental transactions that continued to dominate interactions with clients were consistent with processing claims and rationing scarce resources, but they were poorly aligned with new policies aimed at changing the services and message delivered to welfare clients. The failure to fully implement reforms on the frontlines has implications for the achievement of policy objectives and for equity in service provision. Implementation issues will have even greater urgency as welfare is devolved from federal to state governments
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Equity (law · Front (military · Health care · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Public economics · Rationing · Service (business · Service delivery framework · Welfare · Welfare reform · Welfare state · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Marketing · Public Administration
The Challenged Conscience
Shadows of the shadow state
Post-Feminist” Era of Social Investment and Territorial Welfare? Exploring the Issue Salience and Policy Framing of Child Care in U.K. Elections 1983-2011
A Qualitative Study on Strengthening the Client–Worker Relationship in Welfare-to-Work Services
Enforcing Mobility
Perceptions of the Regulated Community in Environmental Policy
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Agents or Stewards
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State Agent or Citizen Agent
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Linking Welfare Clients to Jobs
Welfare Reform Sanctions and Financial Strain in a Food-Pantry Sample
The Transition from AFDC to PRWORA in Florida; Perceptions of the Role of Case Manager in Welfare Reform
Implementation of Active User Principle
Implementing Work Requirements in Wisconsin
What is policy and where do we look for it when we want to research it
Exploring the Contribution of Frontline Welfare Service Delivery to Capability Development in Australia
Introduction
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Casework Job Design and Client Outcomes in Welfare-to-Work Offices
Institutional Logic and Street-Level Discretion
Individual Agency in Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Implementation of Policy Reforms
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Agency at the Managerial Interface
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Seeking Justice
Social Workers’ Training Evaluated by a Cluster-Randomized Study
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Admissions Officers’ Perceptions When Undocumented Students Seek In-State Resident Tuition Policy
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Linking program implementation and effectiveness
Implementing Full and Partial Work Sanctions
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Framing Organizational Reform
From Sheriff's Deputies to Immigration Officers
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Beyond Subsystems
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Changing The “Culture” Of Welfare Offices
From Enabling to Bootstrapping
Examining the Administration of Work Sanctions on the Frontlines of the Welfare System
The Color of Welfare Sanctioning
The Space before Action
Welfare Program Implementation and Parents’ Depression
Determinants of Tanf Participation
Disjunctures for Women and Frontline Workers
Difficult Calculations
Barriers to Identifying Substance Abuse in the Reformed Welfare System
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Client Perceptions of Welfare Caseworker Support and Client Mental Health
The Paradox of Engagement
Judge or Bureaucrat? How Administrative Law Judges Exercise Discretion in Welfare Bureaucracies
Welfare and Work Sanctions
Child Welfare Practice in Organizational and Institutional Context
It takes (at least) two to tango
The Implementation of Welfare Reform Policy
Reflections on Street‐Level Bureaucracy
Administration, Governance, and Policy Tools in Welfare Policy Implementation
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Are Street‐level Bureaucrats Compelled or Enticed to Cope
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| Obras citantes distintas | 128 |
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| Citas por año | 4,57 |
| Intervalo de citas | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | Sí |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 108 |