Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A New Era of Experimental Political Science
- Part I Experimental Designs
- Part II Experimental Data
- Part III Experimental Treatments and Measures
- Part IV Experimental Analys is and Presentation
- Part V Experimental Reliability and Generalizability
- Part VI Using Experiments to study Identity
- Part VII Using Experiments to Study Government Actions
- 27 Experiments on and with Street-Level Bureaucrats
- 28 The State of Experimental Research on Corruption Control
- 29 Experiments on Political Activity GovernmentsWant to Keep Hidden
- 30 Experiments in Post-Conflict Contexts
- 31 Experiments on Problems of Climate Change
- 32 A Constant Obsession with Explanation
- Author Index
- Subject Index
27 - Experiments on and with Street-Level Bureaucrats
from Part VII - Using Experiments to Study Government Actions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A New Era of Experimental Political Science
- Part I Experimental Designs
- Part II Experimental Data
- Part III Experimental Treatments and Measures
- Part IV Experimental Analys is and Presentation
- Part V Experimental Reliability and Generalizability
- Part VI Using Experiments to study Identity
- Part VII Using Experiments to Study Government Actions
- 27 Experiments on and with Street-Level Bureaucrats
- 28 The State of Experimental Research on Corruption Control
- 29 Experiments on Political Activity GovernmentsWant to Keep Hidden
- 30 Experiments in Post-Conflict Contexts
- 31 Experiments on Problems of Climate Change
- 32 A Constant Obsession with Explanation
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Summary
We review recent experimental research on the behavior of street-level bureaucrats. These front-line government workers are tasked with implementing most government policy in both advanced democracies and developing countries, but their behavior is often difficult to observe. We highlight how experimental approaches have helped to address classic questions about street-level bureaucratic behavior, and then consider design challenges that arise in running experiments in this context. Finally, we raise several ethical concerns about experimentation on street-level bureaucrats, and propose strategies to minimize the social costs, and maximize the social benefits, of such research.
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- Advances in Experimental Political Science , pp. 509 - 525Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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