The impact of inter-actor competition on administrative burdens
Theorizing “consequent populations” using the illustrative case of gamete donation governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11188563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ashley Splawinski (0000-0002-4089-0883, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 780-802 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-814X • E-ISSN: 1469-7815 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0143814x25100871 |
| OpenAlex | W4415847778 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 63 |
Research on administrative burdens has highlighted how policy design and implementation shape citizens’ experiences of the state. Little attention has been paid to how conflicts between target populations can also generate administrative burdens. Using the case of gamete donation policies in Canada, this article argues that target populations can shape administrative burdens for one another through competition within policy arenas, with winners experiencing less costly policy implementation at the expense of other target populations. In doing so, it positions citizens as agents who both experience and produce the costs of policy implementation. To capture these dynamics, the article introduces the concept of consequent populations to identify distinct groups disadvantaged by the outcomes of target group competition, and consequent costs to specify the sub-category of administrative burden borne by this group
Child care policy and child care burden
Abductive Analysis
The spillover effects of state spending
Establishing Identity
The Ethics of Anonymous Gamete Donation
The Right to Know Genetic Origins
Conceived and Deceived
Autonomous Choice and the Right to Know One's Genetic Origins
Abductive Analysis in Qualitative Inquiry
Theoretical Frontiers in Representative Bureaucracy
Kafka’s Bureaucracy
Intersectional Burdens
Introduction
Access to social rights under tension
Donor-Conceived People's Access to Genetic and Biographical History
Administrative Burden in Citizen–State Interactions
The UK's gamete donor `crisis' - a critical analysis
Working Within a System of Administrative Burden
The Political Economy of Administrative Burdens
Everyday administrative burdens and inequality
The Effect of Administrative Burden on Bureaucratic Perception of Policies
Advancing a Framework of Racialized Administrative Burdens in Higher Education Policy
No two-party game
When Effect Becomes Cause
The Shadow of the Politics of Deservedness? The Implications of Group-Centric Policy Context for Environmental Policy Implementation Inequalities in the United States
Racialized Burdens
Does administrative burden create racialized policy feedback? How losing access to public benefits impacts beliefs about government
Administrative Exclusion
The Bite of Administrative Burden
Taking the bite out of administrative burdens
Do Networks Matter? Linking Policy Network Structure to Policy Outcomes
Implementing the Expanded Child Tax Credit
Donor conceived offspring conceive of the donor
Social Construction of Target Populations
Tax Administrative Burdens in the Tourism Sector in Zanzibar
Is Information Power? Comparing Anonymous and Open Egg Donation
Disenfranchised
Theory Construction in Qualitative Research
Truth, Proof, Sleuth
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