Discretion in Welfare Bureaucracies
Understanding Decision-Making in the Context of Rule Ambiguity- Autor:innen:
- Verlag:
- 2023
Zusammenfassung
Through case-study research, Majka Ryan offers a systematic microanalysis of discretion in a specific context of residence-based welfare conditionality derived from the labour movement directive 2004/38/EC. The latter is utilised in the coordination of social security benefits for mobile EU citizens across Europe. Ryan reveals that in Ireland and other jurisdictions, official rights, be they supranational or local, when translated into practice are shaped by different political, organisational and decision-making actors, consequently leading to an uneven distribution of substantive rights and unequal outcomes for different groups of people, disproportionately affecting those who must prove their deservingness. This book evidences how residence-based welfare conditions create a context where power is exercised freely by street-level decision-makers and illustrates how that power affects different groups in society, and consequently, how through those practices, the hegemonic discourses around legitimacy of access to public resources are reproduced.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Copyrightjahr
- 2023
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-5381-6524-9
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-5381-6525-6
- Verlag
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Seiten
- 188
- Produkttyp
- Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Detailed Table of Contents Kein Zugriff
- The context of residence-based conditionality Kein Zugriff
- Conceptualising discretionary decision-making in welfare institutions Kein Zugriff
- Outline of Chapters Kein Zugriff
- Exploring the meaning of discretion in welfare bureaucracy Kein Zugriff
- The role of discretion in a context of legislative and policy ambiguity Kein Zugriff
- Decision-makers and citizens Kein Zugriff
- Exceptional moments and favouritism Kein Zugriff
- Public expectations towards decision-makers Kein Zugriff
- Legitimacy of discretionary practice and decision-maker accountability Kein Zugriff
- Conclusions Kein Zugriff
- Professional morality Kein Zugriff
- Morality of deservingness Kein Zugriff
- Dilemmas in decision-making Kein Zugriff
- Organisational imprinting and workers socialisation Kein Zugriff
- Variations in decision-making Kein Zugriff
- Double agents: Contrasting identities of social-policy implementers Kein Zugriff
- Nomocracy and telocracy Kein Zugriff
- The Lipsky approach: Self-interested determinants of discretion Kein Zugriff
- Critical overview of the dominant narrative Kein Zugriff
- Client-centred decision-making: Citizen Agent Narrative Kein Zugriff
- Conclusions Kein Zugriff
- What is residence-based conditionality and why does it matter? Kein Zugriff
- ‘Safeguarding’ welfare systems against mobile EU citizens at supra- and national levels Kein Zugriff
- The UK Kein Zugriff
- Germany Kein Zugriff
- Sweden Kein Zugriff
- Conclusions Kein Zugriff
- From the Poor Law to National Insurance Kein Zugriff
- Free State and modern social security Kein Zugriff
- Social security reform in the last two decades Kein Zugriff
- What is the Irish HRC? Kein Zugriff
- The legal framework of the HRC Kein Zugriff
- The effect of the HRC on citizens Kein Zugriff
- HRC decision-making organisations Kein Zugriff
- Department of Social Protection Kein Zugriff
- The decision-making process Kein Zugriff
- Conclusions Kein Zugriff
- Deciding Officers Kein Zugriff
- Designated Persons Kein Zugriff
- Appeals Officers Kein Zugriff
- How are the decision-makers equipped to make HRC decisions? Kein Zugriff
- Professional development Kein Zugriff
- Understanding of the legislation in practical terms Kein Zugriff
- Organisational culture and discretion Kein Zugriff
- Disallowances Kein Zugriff
- Allowances Kein Zugriff
- HRC1 Kein Zugriff
- Right to reside Kein Zugriff
- The five factors Kein Zugriff
- Centre of interest Kein Zugriff
- Guidelines Kein Zugriff
- A holistic approach Kein Zugriff
- Evidence Kein Zugriff
- When clients do not provide information Kein Zugriff
- Interactions with applicants Kein Zugriff
- Conclusions Kein Zugriff
- Moral economies of decision-making: it’s the right thing to do Kein Zugriff
- Protecting the public purse: Deserving vs. undeserving applicant Kein Zugriff
- Unfair discretion Kein Zugriff
- Resisting discretion Kein Zugriff
- The aim is consistency Kein Zugriff
- Subjectivity of decisions Kein Zugriff
- Discretion for the benefit of clients Kein Zugriff
- Invalid decisions Kein Zugriff
- Should there be discretion in decision-making on the HRC? Kein Zugriff
- Conclusions Kein Zugriff
- What is discretion? Kein Zugriff
- Decision-makers’ approaches towards discretion Kein Zugriff
- Organisational culture Kein Zugriff
- Job Role Kein Zugriff
- Moral economies: motivations Kein Zugriff
- Discretionary practice and residence-based welfare conditionality Kein Zugriff
- Summary Kein Zugriff
- Bibliography Kein Zugriff Seiten 167 - 174
- Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 175 - 186
- About the Author Kein Zugriff Seiten 187 - 188





