Gendering Discretion
Why Street-Level Bureaucracy Needs a Gendered Lens
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6344302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Durose (0000-0002-1712-9914, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, corresponding author), Vivien Lowndes (0000-0002-6935-2720, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1026-1049 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00323217231178630 |
| OpenAlex | W4380487360 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 63 |
Street-level bureaucrats shape policy through using discretion in their interactions with citizens and service users in delivering public services. Discretion allows street-level bureaucrats to bridge between public policy and the complex, individual, human situations they encounter. Drawing on insights from feminist institutionalism, this article establishes gender as a relevant analytical category in understanding discretion. We set out three analytical propositions: street-level bureaucrats work in gendered institutional contexts that shape their discretion; street-level bureaucrats are gendered actors, whose discretion is shaped by their individual gendered dispositions; and street-level bureaucrats’ discretion has gendered effects. We investigate these propositions through a case study of the early implementation of the classification of misogyny as a hate crime among police forces in England and Wales. In addressing this analytical intersection between street-level bureaucracy and feminist institutionalism, we bring a gendered perspective to street-level bureaucracy, and a focus on how rules are interpreted to feminist institutionalism, forging new ground in public administration
Bureaucracy · Discretion · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration
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Gender, social protection systems and street‐level bureaucrats
Institutional Recognition
Beyond individual vulnerability
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Discourse, framing and narrative
Governance and the Westminster model
Gendered administrative burden
What Is a Case?
Gender and Policing
Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender
Why Institutions Matter
Grounded Theory and Theoretical Coding
Grounded Theory
An organizational approach to undoing gender
Informed Grounded Theory
Case Study Research
Gender and Informal Institutions
Gender and police response to domestic violence
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Cops, Teachers, Counselors
Gender, Politics and Institutions
Risk, discretion, accountability and control
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Feminist and trans perspectives on identity and the UK Gender Recognition Act
Doing and undoing gender in policing
Gendered Organizations
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Running the risk
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Theories of the Policy Process
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Comparing Political Institutions
The Core Executive
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Beyond Quotas
Revisiting Lipsky
Feminist Institutional Change
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Race, Respect, and Red Tape
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Personal Attributes and Institutions
Racialized Burdens
At the Discretion of Rogue Agents
The Organization of Discipline
Deliberation and Deliberative Organizational Routines in Frontline Decision-Making
Representative Bureaucracy in Policing
Exploring the Causal Story
State Agent or Citizen Agent
The Limits of Design
From exclusion to inclusion
Street-Level Bureaucracy and Public Accountability
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The Law-In-Between
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 8,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |