Research Catalog

Title

Discretion and the quest for controlled freedom / Tony Evans, Peter Hupe, editors.

Publication

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Evans, Tony, 1944-
• Hupe, Peter L.

Description

xix, 437 pages; 25 cm

Summary

Looking at discretion broadly as the exercise of controlled freedom, this edited volume introduces insights from a range of social sciences perspectives. Traditionally, discussions of discretion have drawn on legal notions of the appropriate exercise of legitimate authority specified by legislators. However, empirical and theoretical studies in the social sciences have extended our understanding of discretion, moving us beyond a narrow legal view. Contributors from a range of disciplines explore the idea of discretion and related notions of freedom and control across social and political practices and in different contexts. As this complex and important topic is discussed and examined, both total control and unconstrained freedom appear to be illusions -- Publisher.

Subjects

• Discretion
• Liberty > Political aspects
• Judicial discretion
• Comparative government
• Administrative discretion

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Conceptualizing discretion -- Part I. Discretion in Context -- Discretion in Context: An Introduction -- Discretion and Blame Avoidance -- Discretion in the Surveillance State -- Discretion in the Welfare State -- Discretion and Welfare Rights in a British Context -- Discretion and Empowerment -- Part II. Perspective on Discretion -- Perspectives on Discretion: An Introduction -- Discretion from a Legal Perspective -- Discretion from an Economic Perspective -- Discretion from a Psychological Perspective -- Discretion from a Socialogical Perspective -- Discretion from a Critical Perspective -- Part III. Discretion in Governance --Discretion in Governance: An Introduction -- Discretion and Bureaucracy -- Discretion in the Policy Process -- Discretion and Street-Level Practice -- Organized Discretion -- Managerial Discretion -- Automated Discretion -- Part IV. Practising Freedom and Control -- Practising Freedom and Control: An Introduction -- Expertise and the Space for Discretion -- Discretion and Professional Work -- The Art of Discretion -- Discretion as Ethical Practice -- Controlled Freedom: Dealing with Discretion.

Call Number

JFE 19-10597

ISBN

• 9783030195656
• 3030195651
• 9783030195663 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1120196817

Title

Discretion and the quest for controlled freedom / Tony Evans, Peter Hupe, editors.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Evans, Tony, 1944- editor.

Hupe, Peter L., editor.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9783030195663

Research Call Number

JFE 19-10597