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| Author(s): |
Alcadipani, Rafael
;
Lotta, Gabriela
;
Cohen, Nissim
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW; v. N/A, p. 15-pg., 2023-06-15. |
| Abstract | |
What factors influence street-level bureaucrats' (SLBs) use of violence? To answer this question, we focus on police officers, a typical example of SLBs, who can lawfully use violence whenever they deem it necessary. Based on ethnographic work among Brazilian police officers dealing with protests, we analyze how violence erupts in the interaction between police officers and protesters. We contribute to the literature by suggesting that no single factor alone can explain the actions of SLBs regarding the use of violence, as previous research has posited. We demonstrate how the interplay between four factors explains the use of violence by SLBs: (1) institutional logic, (2) type of situation, (3) desire for revenge and having fun, and (4) lack of accountability. As such, we propose a more complex account of SLB's use of violence. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/24495-5 - Street-level bureaucracy and social inequality: reflections from a comparison between Brazil and Denmark |
| Grantee: | Gabriela Spanghero Lotta |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/13439-7 - Therapeutic itineraries of Bolivian women in the central region of São Paulo: conditions of life, work and access to health |
| Grantee: | Eugenia Brage |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |