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Street-Level Bureaucracy The Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service

Paperback • 1980 • English

Street-Level Bureaucracy The Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service

By Michael Lipsky

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About the book

Street-Level Bureaucracy is an insightful study of how public service workers, in effect, function as policy decision makers, as they wield their considerable discretion in the day-to-day implementation of public programs.

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ISBN

9780871545268

Publisher

Russell Sage Foundation

Published year

1980

Language

English

Original title

Street-Level Bureaucracy The Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service

Format

Paperback

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