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Vniversitas
Print version ISSN 0041-9060
Abstract
BUCHELY IBARRA, Lina Fernanda. BUREAUCRACY, DISTRIBUTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE. A CRITIQUE OF COLOMBIAN STATELESSNESS. Vniversitas [online]. 2012, n.125, pp.121-148. ISSN 0041-9060.
This paper answers the question of how the state affects the power distribution among the citizens by bureaucratic interaction. The author argues that we have to analyze the interaction between citizens and street-level bureaucrats to understand the state's role on a daily basis. I illustrate my theoretical argument with an example of the bureaucratic behavior inside of a conditional cash transfer program in colombia. The article concludes that the legal academia has to rediscover the street-level bureaucrat concept in order to recognize new stages of litigation beyond the judiciary branch.
Keywords : Failed state; street-level bureaucracy; legal realism; executive branch.