Rebecca Paraciani
Biographic Data
| ID | 267221 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Paraciani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca |
| FAMILY NAME | Paraciani |
| SIGNATURE | PARACIANI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9863-4025 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Behind kitchens’ doors: A case study on gendered dynamics in Italian canteens
This article examines how gender hierarchies are reproduced and negotiated within Italian institutional catering kitchens. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in a large catering cooperative in Northern Italy, the study combines three months of participant observation across multiple cooking centres with seventeen semi-structured interviews with kitchen workers and supervisors. The analysis highlights a persistent paradox: although women c…
Active ageing in marginal areas: A scoping review
The purpose of this study is to give an overview of the extent, range, and nature of existing studies on active ageing in marginal areas. This overview will enable researchers, policymakers, and communities to understand the key challenges and opportunities related to improving older adults' quality of life in marginal areas. This takes the form of a scoping review in which Arksey's and O'Malley's methodology is adopted. A total of 41 contributio…
Contextualizing inequalities in the gig economy: Evidence from online cleaning platforms in five European cities
Purpose This paper explores the impact of national contexts on the profile of workers in the gig economy, with a specific focus on online cleaning platforms. The study aims to understand how national contexts influence the gender and ethnic composition of workers on domestic cleaning platforms, examining the intersectional effects of gender and ethnicity in platform-based work. Design/methodology/approach Focusing on the case of the Yoopies platf…
Does the Platform clean the Cleaners? An Exploratory Study on the Platformization of Dirty Jobs in Italy
The paper presents the main findings of an exploratory study concerning the platformization of “dirty jobs” – specifically, cleaning work – in Italy, focusing on the Yoopies.it marketplace platform. Cleaning activity is inherently dirty work: an occupation that is likely to be perceived as disgusting or degrading and that has strong gender and ethnic connotations in Italy. Invisibility is ideal for this type of service, but what happens when the …
L'utente insoddisfatto. Strategie di coping e relazione burocratica: Una comparazione allo street-level
Within the bureaucratic relationship, the users of public services meet the street-level bureaucrats: those professionals who deal with the specific needs of citizens, interpreting and adapting formal regulation tools. This interpretative and adaptive process often involves different types of conflict that can be generated with the interaction, including the policy-client conflict, which emerges when the rules of the service do not match user's e…
Who is the ('Ideal') Victim of Labor Exploitation? Two Qualitative Vignette Studies on Labor Inspectors' Discretion
This paper analyzes how labor inspectors deal with ambiguous legal boundaries between those who can and who cannot be identified as a labor exploitation victim. Street-level bureaucracy research has largely overlooked how frontline officers deal with victims. We combine the street-level bureaucracy framework with insights from symbolic interactionism and criminology about ‘ideal/iconic victims’ to explain how inspectors use heuristics based on so…
A strategy is necessary. The policy–client conflict within different relational asymmetries: A comparison at the street-level
Purpose This study aims to investigate the role of relational asymmetries in influencing the coping strategies adopted by frontline workers to deal with the policy–client role conflict. Design/methodology/approach A comparative analysis of three different services highlights the role of the service relationships characteristics in explaining similarities and differences in the strategies adopted by street-level bureaucrats (SLBs). The research is…
When the workplace is the home: Labour Inspectors’ Discretionary Power in the Field of Domestic Work – An Institutional Analysis
This article builds on previous studies concerning the question of street-level bureaucracy, an expression coined by Lipsky (1980) – Street-Level Bureaucracy. Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Services (New York: Russel Sage Foundation) – to highlight the importance of the discretionary power that professionals in public agencies exercise during the implementation of laws, standards and guidelines. Discretion may depend on the need to compromi…
Who is the ('Ideal') Victim of Labor Exploitation? Two Qualitative Vignette Studies on Labor Inspectors' Discretion
This paper analyzes how labor inspectors deal with ambiguous legal boundaries between those who can and who cannot be identified as a labor exploitation victim. Street-level bureaucracy research has largely overlooked how frontline officers deal with victims. We combine the street-level bureaucracy framework with insights from symbolic interactionism and criminology about ‘ideal/iconic victims’ to explain how inspectors use heuristics based on so…
When the workplace is the home: Labour Inspectors’ Discretionary Power in the Field of Domestic Work – An Institutional Analysis
This article builds on previous studies concerning the question of street-level bureaucracy, an expression coined by Lipsky (1980) – Street-Level Bureaucracy. Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Services (New York: Russel Sage Foundation) – to highlight the importance of the discretionary power that professionals in public agencies exercise during the implementation of laws, standards and guidelines. Discretion may depend on the need to compromi…
A strategy is necessary. The policy–client conflict within different relational asymmetries: A comparison at the street-level
Purpose This study aims to investigate the role of relational asymmetries in influencing the coping strategies adopted by frontline workers to deal with the policy–client role conflict. Design/methodology/approach A comparative analysis of three different services highlights the role of the service relationships characteristics in explaining similarities and differences in the strategies adopted by street-level bureaucrats (SLBs). The research is…
A strategy is necessary. The policy–client conflict within different relational asymmetries: A comparison at the street-level
Purpose This study aims to investigate the role of relational asymmetries in influencing the coping strategies adopted by frontline workers to deal with the policy–client role conflict. Design/methodology/approach A comparative analysis of three different services highlights the role of the service relationships characteristics in explaining similarities and differences in the strategies adopted by street-level bureaucrats (SLBs). The research is…
When the workplace is the home: Labour Inspectors’ Discretionary Power in the Field of Domestic Work – An Institutional Analysis
This article builds on previous studies concerning the question of street-level bureaucracy, an expression coined by Lipsky (1980) – Street-Level Bureaucracy. Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Services (New York: Russel Sage Foundation) – to highlight the importance of the discretionary power that professionals in public agencies exercise during the implementation of laws, standards and guidelines. Discretion may depend on the need to compromi…
L'utente insoddisfatto. Strategie di coping e relazione burocratica: Una comparazione allo street-level
Within the bureaucratic relationship, the users of public services meet the street-level bureaucrats: those professionals who deal with the specific needs of citizens, interpreting and adapting formal regulation tools. This interpretative and adaptive process often involves different types of conflict that can be generated with the interaction, including the policy-client conflict, which emerges when the rules of the service do not match user's e…
Who is the ('Ideal') Victim of Labor Exploitation? Two Qualitative Vignette Studies on Labor Inspectors' Discretion
This paper analyzes how labor inspectors deal with ambiguous legal boundaries between those who can and who cannot be identified as a labor exploitation victim. Street-level bureaucracy research has largely overlooked how frontline officers deal with victims. We combine the street-level bureaucracy framework with insights from symbolic interactionism and criminology about ‘ideal/iconic victims’ to explain how inspectors use heuristics based on so…
Does the Platform clean the Cleaners? An Exploratory Study on the Platformization of Dirty Jobs in Italy
The paper presents the main findings of an exploratory study concerning the platformization of “dirty jobs” – specifically, cleaning work – in Italy, focusing on the Yoopies.it marketplace platform. Cleaning activity is inherently dirty work: an occupation that is likely to be perceived as disgusting or degrading and that has strong gender and ethnic connotations in Italy. Invisibility is ideal for this type of service, but what happens when the …
Active ageing in marginal areas: A scoping review
The purpose of this study is to give an overview of the extent, range, and nature of existing studies on active ageing in marginal areas. This overview will enable researchers, policymakers, and communities to understand the key challenges and opportunities related to improving older adults' quality of life in marginal areas. This takes the form of a scoping review in which Arksey's and O'Malley's methodology is adopted. A total of 41 contributio…
Contextualizing inequalities in the gig economy: Evidence from online cleaning platforms in five European cities
Purpose This paper explores the impact of national contexts on the profile of workers in the gig economy, with a specific focus on online cleaning platforms. The study aims to understand how national contexts influence the gender and ethnic composition of workers on domestic cleaning platforms, examining the intersectional effects of gender and ethnicity in platform-based work. Design/methodology/approach Focusing on the case of the Yoopies platf…
Behind kitchens’ doors: A case study on gendered dynamics in Italian canteens
This article examines how gender hierarchies are reproduced and negotiated within Italian institutional catering kitchens. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in a large catering cooperative in Northern Italy, the study combines three months of participant observation across multiple cooking centres with seventeen semi-structured interviews with kitchen workers and supervisors. The analysis highlights a persistent paradox: although women c…
Sociology (4 works) · Bureaucracy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (2 works) · Discretion (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)