1 Studying social policy practices by vignettes: opportunities, limits and strategies Tatiana Saruis* * Post-doc researcher at DESP - Department of Economics, Society and Politics, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy, e-mail: tatiana.saruis@gmail.com, tel.: +39 347 9456503 Paper 1 prepared for the Conference The interplay between policy reforms, governance and street-level practices and the implications for the assistance-seeking citizens, Copenhagen 18 th -19 th November 2015 1 Working paper: English to be revised.