Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 公共事務研究所 === 105 === Street-level bureaucracy implements policies under multiple difficulties. In order to fulfill the policy goals, they have to establish coping mechanisms which are shown on enforcement styles. Therefore, this research focuses on enforcement styles of food inspectors who in three counties in Taiwan through quantitative and qualitative methods.
This article purposes three research questions to answer. First, what are the criteria and results of enforcement styles in Taiwan? Second, whether styles changes among different eating and drinking places? Third, what are factors affecting enforcement styles? Through principle component analysis and cluster analysis, this article answers first and second question. Next, solving third question by logistic regression, multinomial regression and depth-interview methods.
Results suggest that enforcement styles in Taiwan are categorized into three groups such as communicative-and-negotiated, routine and strictly-implementation types by degree of strict-enforcement and degree of flexible-communication. Region, business types, subject background and tenure of inspectors influence enforcement styles.
This research contributes to both academic and practical fields. Results from research clarify and improve theories of enforcement styles and policy implementation. On the other hand, this article can be used by department of health when allocating human resources in order to enhance performance of food security in Taiwan.
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