Skip to main content
Springer Nature Link
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

Labour Inspectors in Italy

Between Discretion and Institutional Pressure

  • Book
  • © 2023

Overview

Authors:
  1. Rebecca Paraciani

    1. Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna, Italy

  • Puts street-level bureaucracy theory in dialogue with neo-institutionalism
  • Builds on an under-researched case study: SLB in Italy and the Mediterranean
  • Identifies and analyses the organisational dimension of frontline workers’ practices

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook EUR 37.44
Price includes VAT (Germany)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book EUR 48.14
Price includes VAT (Germany)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book EUR 48.14
Price includes VAT (Germany)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

') var buybox = document.querySelector("[data-id=id_"+ timestamp +"]").parentNode var buyboxMaxSingleColumnWidth = 480 ;[].slice.call(buybox.querySelectorAll(".buying-option")).forEach(initCollapsibles) function initCollapsibles(buyingOption, index) { var toggle = buyingOption.querySelector(".buying-option-price") buyingOption.classList.remove("expanded") var form = buyingOption.querySelector(".buying-option-form") var priceInfo = buyingOption.querySelector(".price-info") if (toggle && form && priceInfo) { toggle.setAttribute("role", "button") toggle.setAttribute("tabindex", "0") toggle.addEventListener("click", function (event) { var expandedBuyingOptions = buybox.querySelectorAll(".buying-option.expanded") var buyboxWidth = buybox.offsetWidth ;[].slice.call(expandedBuyingOptions).forEach(function(option) { if (buyboxWidth -1 ;[].slice.call(buybox.querySelectorAll(".buying-option")).forEach(function (option, index) { var toggle = option.querySelector(".buying-option-price") var form = option.querySelector(".buying-option-form") var priceInfo = option.querySelector(".price-info") if (allOptionsInitiallyCollapsed || narrowBuyboxArea && index > 0) { toggle.setAttribute("aria-expanded", "false") form.hidden = "hidden" priceInfo.hidden = "hidden" } else { toggle.click() } }) } initialStateOpen() if (window.buyboxInitialised) return window.buyboxInitialised = true initKeyControls() })()

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

About this book

This book analyses labour inspectors’ discretionary practices in handling complex cases of labour exploitation in the Italian context. By outlining three years of field research, the volume uses the theoretical framework of street-level bureaucracy in the Italian context and integrates it with a neo-institutionalist perspective, focusing on the isomorphic pressures from the institutional field in which the labour inspectors operate. The book will be of use to advanced undergraduate students and scholars in the fields of sociology, organization studies, law and criminology, political science and public administration.

Similar content being viewed by others

Keywords

Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Rebecca Paraciani
    Pages 1-7

  3. Discretion Within Institutional Contexts: Italian Labour Inspectors in the Organisational Field of Workplace Controls

    • Rebecca Paraciani
    Pages 9-27

  4. An Italian Case Study: Labour Inspectors Dealing with Labour Exploitation

    • Rebecca Paraciani
    Pages 29-42

  5. Rooms of Discretion: Evidence from the Field

    • Rebecca Paraciani
    Pages 43-70

  6. Isomorphic Pressures and Discretion: The Use of Vignettes in Interpretative Research

    • Rebecca Paraciani
    Pages 71-84

  7. Conclusion

    • Rebecca Paraciani
    Pages 85-91

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 93-96
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna, Italy

    Rebecca Paraciani

About the author

Rebecca Paraciani is Postdoc Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Bologna, Italy.


Accessibility Information

Accessibility information for this book is coming soon. We're working to make it available as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top