Discretion in Welfare Bureaucracies: Understanding Decision-Making in the Context of Rule Ambiguity - Couverture rigide

Ryan, Majka

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1538165244 ISBN 13 : 9781538165249

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2023

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Majka Ryan is associate professor in work and employment at the University of Limerick.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1538165244
• ISBN 13: 9781538165249
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 210
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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