The Conditions of Discretion

by Joel F. Handler

This timely book is concerned with interactions between ordinary people and large public bureaucracies--interactions that typically are characterized by mutual frustration and antagonism. In fact, as Joel Handler points out, the procedural guidelines intended to ensure fairness and due process fail to take account of an initial imbalance of power and tend to create adversarial rather than cooperative relationships. When the special education needs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871543494
• ISBN13: 9780871543493
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.