Assertion: level bureaucrat | /r/HasAspect | discretion
Facets:
value: in implementation
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: These are its recognition that: (a) street level bureaucrats (SLBs) have discretion and power in implementation, and so their practices are what citizens experience as policy and have political consequences; (b) SLBs’ behavior is systematically influenced by the organizational and institutional environment in which they work, rather than being primarily a response to personal preferences and interests; and (c) efforts to control SLBs’ behavior only undermine their responsiveness to clients, so new approaches are needed to support them as the face of a responsive public bureaucracy.