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Discretion in the Welfare State: Social Rights and Professional Judgment

Discretion in the Welfare State: Social Rights and Professional Judgment

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

General Political ScienceGeneral SociologySocial Movements

ISBN10: 1138212423
ISBN13: 9781138212428
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 27 2016
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

This book shows why the delegation of discretionary powers to professionals in the front-line of the welfare state is both unavoidable and problematic. It adds an epistemic dimension to the structural understanding of discretion, distinguishing between structural and epistemic measures of accountability.

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