Public agencies have absorbed formerly private responsibilities for the poor.
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
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Poverty structurally exposes people to more and conflicting street-level bureaucrats.; Governments respond to social inequality by hiring more public servants rather than redistributing income.; States relieve visible need while private charity treats individual causes — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 434 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- States relieve visible need while private charity treats individual causes
#corroborates(0.85) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 434 - The service state expands by breaching boundaries between public responsibility and private life
#expands(0.82) — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 102 - Public service programs stabilize capitalism by softening its harms while stigmatizing recipients
#complicates(0.78) — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 126