State Agent or Citizen Agent: Two Narratives of Discretion

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Abstract
In street-level work discretion is inevitable. Scholars have articulated a dominant view or narrative that addresses the role of discretion in the administrative state. This state-agent narrative acknowledges inevitability of discretion and emphasizes that self-interest guides street-level choices: street-level workers use their discretion to make their work easier, safer, and more rewarding. In addition the dominant narrative describes street-level workers as policy makers, yet it worries about the threat that street-level discretion poses to democratic governance.
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Authors Steven Maynard‐Moody, Michael Musheno
Journal journal of public administration research and theory
Year 2000
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10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024272
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