Poverty structurally exposes people to more and conflicting street-level bureaucrats.
Evidence
Not only do the salaries of street-level bureaucrats constitute a major portion of the cost of public services, but also the scope of public services employing street-level bureaucrats has increased over time. Charity was once the responsibility of private agencies. The federal government now provides for the income needs of the poor. The public sector has absorbed responsibilities previously discharged by private organizations in such diverse and critical areas as policing, education, and health. — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 87 (
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Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Public agencies have absorbed formerly private responsibilities for the poor. — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of…, 87