When the State Meets the Street - Public Service and Moral Agency

Informationen zum Autor Bernardo Zacka is a research fellow at the Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford University and a junior research fellow at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge. Klappentext Bernardo Zacka probes the complex moral lives of street-level bureaucrats-the frontline social and welfare workers, police officers, and educators who represent government's human face to ordinary citizens. Too often dismissed as soulless operators, these workers wield significant discretion and make decisions that profoundly affect people's lives. Zusammenfassung Bernardo Zacka probes the complex moral lives of street-level bureaucrats—the frontline social and welfare workers, police officers, and educators who represent government’s human face to ordinary citizens. Too often dismissed as soulless operators, these workers wield significant discretion and make decisions that profoundly affect people’s lives.

Product details

• Authors: Bernardo Zacka
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9780674545540
• ISBN: 978-0-674-54554-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 245 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, American government, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social welfare & social services, Political science and theory, Civil Service & Public Sector