Occupational Therapists as Street-Level Bureaucrats: Leveraging the Political Nature of Everyday Practice.
| Autor: | Aldrich RM, Rudman DL |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie [Can J Occup Ther] 2020 Apr; Vol. 87 (2), pp. 137-143. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 20. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0008417419892712 |
| Abstrakt: | Background.: As front-line service providers who often work in systems regulated by governmental bodies, occupational therapists can be conceptualized as "street-level bureaucrats" ( Lipsky, 1980/2010 ) who effect and are affected by policy. Purpose.: Drawing on understandings from a study of long-term unemployment, this article proposes that occupational therapists, as street-level bureaucrats, respond to inter-related policies and systems in ways that can perpetuate, resist, or transform opportunities for doing and being. Key Issues.: By highlighting practitioners' everyday negotiation of governmental, organizational, and professional power relations, the notion of street-level bureaucracy illuminates the political nature of practice as well as the possibilities and boundaries that policy can place on ideal forms and outcomes of practice. Implications.: Framing occupational therapists as street-level bureaucrats reinforces practitioners' situatedness as political actors. Mobilizing this framing can enhance awareness of occupational therapists' exercise of discretion, which can be investigated as a basis for occupation-focused and emancipatory forms of practice. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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