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Richard J. Schneider's Civilizing Thoreau: Human Ecology and the Emerging Social Sciences in the Major Works
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Adam Cathcart, Robert Winstanley-Chesters and Christopher Green (eds.), Change and Continuity in North Korean Politics.
Get PDFMultinational Enterprises and the 'One Belt, One road' Initiative: Sustainable Development and Innovation in a Post-Crisis Global Environment
Get PDFBy initiating the development of a gigantic international trade network across
Asia, Europe and Africa, with several trade corridors that will span around 60
countries, China intends to stimulate substantial economic growth. Already in
the first phase, focused on building an adequate infrastructure, multinational
enterprises will play a vital role in developing the so-called New Silk Road
or the 'One Belt, One Road' initiative. This article inquires into the environmental impacts that a venture of this magnitude will entail and discusses the potential of the available voluntary and mandatory governance instruments to lead the key economic actors to take sustainability criteria into account
’Og hvis vi så ikke må – jamen hvordan skulle vi vide det?’ Kommunalt kontrolarbejde med socialt bedrageri
Get PDFKontrolopgaver er i stigende grad en del af offentlig forvaltning, ikke mindst
en del af den kontrolindsats, der udføres inden for den kommunale forvaltning
af offentlige ydelser. Vi ved imidlertid meget lidt om hvordan dette kontrolarbejde
udføres, hvilke typer afgørelser, der knytter sig til det, og hvordan
det forandrer borgernes retstilling som modtagere af offentlige ydelser. Denne
artikel bygger på en mindre etnografisk undersøgelse af en sådan kommunal
kontrolpraksis. I den undersøgte kommune varetager en gruppe medarbejdere
opgaven med at identificere og sagsbehandle formodede sociale bedragere,
at konfrontere de mistænkte med både mistanke og sagsbehandlingens resultater,
samt træffe en afgørelse på kommunens vegne om hvilke konsekvenser
det formodede bedrageri skal have for borgeren. Vores undersøgelse viser
betydningen af, at der bruges et omfattende arsenal af observationsteknikker
både online og fysisk. At der i praksis lægges vægt på sandsynliggørelse
frem for juridisk beviselighed, samt at partshøringspraksisserne får karakter
af indrømmelser med uoverskuelige konsekvenser for borgeren.
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Line Britt Madsen and Morten Frederiksen:
Municipal investigation into and control of fraud with social benefits
Control has become a more prominent part of public administration – and
especially in the departments administering welfare benefits. However, we
know surprisingly little about how control tasks are carried out, what types
of decisions are made, and how this changes the legal rights of citizens receiving
welfare benefits. This article is based on a small scale ethnographic study
of municipal investigation practices. In the case municipality a specialized
group of employees work to identify and process potential benefit fraud cases
– including both confronting the recipients with the suspicions and deciding
the kind legal action the municipality should pursue. Our study uncovers the
extensive arsenal of investigative techniques employed in these investigations,
including both online and real life observations. The study also shows
that the investigators favour plausibility over proof, and that they aim to get
confessions from recipients under suspicion, but with undisclosed consequences
for the benefit recipient.
Keywords: Social fraud, casework, municipal control, ethnography, interactionism