Abstract
Linking street-level bureaucracy with policy entrepreneurship is a new, ongoing trend in the literature. We claim that in various cases one must consider street-level policy entrepreneurship in order to fully understand policy processes. Therefore, we call on public policy and administration scholars to devote more resources to this important link. The symposium will promote our understanding of this still underresearched area. We will explore both theoretically and empirically how bureaucrats who interact with the public on a daily basis not only implement policy but also influence how it is designed. We will also assess the contribution of the symposium papers in light of the existing scholarly debate. We will conclude by reflecting on the challenges of studying street-level policy entrepreneurship and suggest future avenues for research in this field.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 427-438 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Public Administration |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank the participants of the international workshop entitled ?Street Level Bureaucrats' Policy Entrepreneurship: from Training to Action? which was held on May 2019, at the University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, for their willingness to join us in the path toward establishing this new research area. We are also grateful for the support of the Israel Science Foundation (431\17) both in conducting this workshop and promoting our research project on street-level policy entrepreneurship.
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
- Public Administration