ABSTRACT A dominant assumption in the street-level bureaucracy literature is that
bureaucrats' discretion is curtailed by automated systems. Drawing on survey and factual …

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 …

Recent changes and challenges in the welfare state mean there is a need to pay more
attention to collaboration in the regulation of the welfare state. The paper proposes a new …

This paper studies the intended and unintended effects of street-level bureaucrats'
enforcement style. More specifically, it answers to what extent street-level bureaucrats' …

Regulation of long-term care service provision is a case of hybrid accountabilities. How do
inspectors who are responsible for the implementation of regulations handle the …

Inspectors play an important role in society, which becomes even more vital and visible
when crises strike (Brodkin 2021). They are active in various domains and perform …

Inspectors are the executing branch of state regulation. Existing literature focuses on their
tasks and operations, mostly with regard to their commitments to the state and their complex …

Many welfare states have increased their regulatory role, but little attention has been given
to historical changes in the regulatory role of government ministries. This study embraces a …

Dette verket omfattes av bestemmelsene i Lov om opphavsretten til åndsverk mv av 1961.
Verket utgis med åpen tilgang under betingelsene i Creative Commons-lisensen CC BY-ND …

Research on the impact of regulation on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) has
centred on SMEs' perceptions, engagement with, and adaptations to regulation. Yet, the …