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When the State Meets the Street

Public Service and Moral Agency

Bernardo Zacka

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$39.00 • £33.95 • €35.95

ISBN 9780674545540

Publication Date: 09/18/2017

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352 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

1 halftone, 3 line illustrations, 2 tables

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Preface
Introduction
1. Street-Level Discretion
2. Three Pathologies: The Indifferent, the Enforcer, and the Caregiver
3. A Gymnastics of the Self: Coping with the Everyday Pressures of Street-Level Work
4. When the Rules Run Out: Informal Taxonomies and Peer-Level Accountability
5. Impossible Situations: On the Breakdown of Moral Integrity at the Front Lines of Public Service
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

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