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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29802| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | How street‐level dilemmas and politics shape divergence : the accountability regimes framework |
| Authors: | Thomann, Eva Maxia, James Ege, Jörn |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1111/psj.12504 10.21256/zhaw-29802 |
| Published in: | Policy Studies Journal |
| Volume(Issue): | 51 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Page(s): | 793 |
| Pages to: | 816 |
| Issue Date: | 4-May-2023 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0190-292X 1541-0072 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Accountability dilemma; Policy divergence; Policy implementation theory; Public accountability; Street-level bureaucracy |
| Subject (DDC): | 320: Politics |
| Abstract: | Hierarchical accountability often proves insufficient to control street-level implementation, where complex, informal accountability relations prevail and tasks must be prioritized. However, scholars lack a theoretical model of how accountability relations affect implementation behaviors that are inconsistent with policy. By extending the Accountability Regimes Framework (ARF), this paper explains how multiple competing subjective street-level accountabilities translate into policy divergence. The anti-terrorism “Prevent Duty” policy in the United Kingdom requires university lecturers to report any student they suspect may be undergoing a process of radicalization. We ask: what perceived street-level accountabilities and dilemmas does this politically contested policy imply for lecturers, and how do they affect divergence? An online survey of British lecturers (N = 809), combined with 35 qualitative follow-up interviews, reveals that accountability dilemmas trigger policy divergence. The ARF models how street-level bureaucrats become informal policymakers in the political system when rules clash with their roles as professionals, citizen-agents, or “political animals.” |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29802 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Public Management (IVM) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Thomann, E., Maxia, J., & Ege, J. (2023). How street‐level dilemmas and politics shape divergence : the accountability regimes framework. Policy Studies Journal, 51(4), 793–816. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12504
Thomann, E., Maxia, J. and Ege, J. (2023) ‘How street‐level dilemmas and politics shape divergence : the accountability regimes framework’, Policy Studies Journal, 51(4), pp. 793–816. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12504.
E. Thomann, J. Maxia, and J. Ege, “How street‐level dilemmas and politics shape divergence : the accountability regimes framework,” Policy Studies Journal, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 793–816, May 2023, doi: 10.1111/psj.12504.
THOMANN, Eva, James MAXIA und Jörn EGE, 2023. How street‐level dilemmas and politics shape divergence : the accountability regimes framework. Policy Studies Journal. 4 Mai 2023. Bd. 51, Nr. 4, S. 793–816. DOI 10.1111/psj.12504
Thomann, Eva, James Maxia, and Jörn Ege. 2023. “How Street‐Level Dilemmas and Politics Shape Divergence : The Accountability Regimes Framework.” Policy Studies Journal 51 (4): 793–816. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12504.
Thomann, Eva, et al. “How Street‐Level Dilemmas and Politics Shape Divergence : The Accountability Regimes Framework.” Policy Studies Journal, vol. 51, no. 4, May 2023, pp. 793–816, https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12504.
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