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Governmental Response to Crises and Its Implications for Street-Level Implementation: Policy Ambiguity, Risk, and Discretion during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis . Feb2021, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p120-130. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- What are the implications of governmental responses to crises for street-level implementation? The COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique opportunity to compare the formal role that decision-makers require of street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) during a crisis. Textual analysis of 36 legislative documents and emergency regulations in Israel indicates that the additional duties assigned to police officers, teachers, and physicians reflect three interrelated changes in street-level implementation: increased policy ambiguity, higher risk exposure, and expanded discretion. Decision-makers' expectations of SLBs during a crisis highlight the inherent limit of policy-as-written to account for the operational, action-imperative essence of on-the-ground service delivery.Note: In the interests of space, street-level theory and the pandemic context underpinning the articles for this Special Issue are discussed in detail in the Introduction to the Issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COVID-19 pandemic
*DISCRETION
*LEGISLATIVE hearings
*AMBIGUITY
*CRISES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13876988
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 148982281
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2020.1841561