Street-level bureaucracy in weak state institutions: a systematic review of the literature

R Peeters, SA Campos - International Review of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The study of street-level bureaucracy has been dominated by research from the Global
North. Mainstream conceptualizations are, therefore, based on observations from …

Administrative capital and citizens' responses to administrative burden

A Masood, M Azfar Nisar - Journal of Public Administration …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Administrative burden research has highlighted the multiple costs imposed by public
policies and their impact on citizens. However, the empirical understanding of citizens' …

Administrative burden: Untangling a bowl of conceptual spaghetti

M Baekgaard, T Tankink - Perspectives on Public Management …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Administrative burdens in citizen-state interactions are increasingly gaining attention in both
research and practice. However, being a relatively young research field, there is still …

Health in citizen‐state interactions: How physical and mental health problems shape experiences of administrative burden and reduce take‐up

E Bell, J Christensen, P Herd… - Public Administration …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Public services represent a key means by which societies seek to reduce inequalities.
However, some people may experience administrative procedures as more burdensome …

Just or unjust? How ideological beliefs shape street‐level bureaucrats' perceptions of administrative burden

E Bell, A Ter‐Mkrtchyan, W Wehde… - Public Administration …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Existing research finds that increases in administrative burden reduce client access, political
efficacy, and equity. However, extant literature has yet to investigate how administrative …

Working within a system of administrative burden: How street-level bureaucrats' role perceptions shape access to the promise of higher education

E Bell, K Smith - Administration & Society, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Utilizing a statewide survey and administrative data, we explore how state-imposed burdens
are translated by street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) into frontline practices that may alleviate or …

On the frontline of global inequalities: A decolonial approach to the study of street-level bureaucracies

F Eiró, G Lotta - Journal of Public Administration Research and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
This article aims to contribute to street-level bureaucracy (SLB) theory by bringing to the
forefront the experiences and perspectives of the Global South. Our argument is that …

Taking the bite out of administrative burdens: How beneficiaries of a Mexican social program ease administrative burdens in street‐level interactions

R Peeters, SA Campos - Governance, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite taking the citizen experience of policy implementation as starting point for analysis,
the literature on administrative burdens has mostly portrayed citizens as passive victims of …

Frontline employees' responses to citizens' communication of administrative burdens

A Halling, NBG Petersen - Public Administration Review, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The literature on administrative burdens demonstrates that citizens may experience different
kinds of administrative burdens when interacting with the state. However, we know little …

“Nobody wants to be a dead hero”: Coping with precarity at the frontlines of the Brazilian and Mexican pandemic response

G Lotta, F Nieto‐Morales… - Public Administration and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study analyzes how adverse working conditions shape frontline workers' behavioral
and cognitive coping mechanisms. It builds on the idea of frontline work as a precarious …