Street‐level bureaucrats as policy entrepreneurs
Action strategies for flexible community governance in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10388784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liwei Zhang (0000-0002-2299-8268, School of Public Administration Jilin University Changchun China, corresponding author), Ji Zhao (0000-0002-4613-2047, School of International and Public Affairs Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China), Weiwei Dong (0009-0002-1786-3761, School of Public Administration Jilin University Changchun China) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 469-483 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3298 • E-ISSN: 1467-9299 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/padm.12730 |
| OpenAlex | W3135699905 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 55 |
Street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) can act as policy entrepreneurs to cope with the dilemmas in policy implementation. However, there is insufficient knowledge about whether the strategies adopted by them that SLBs in the role of policy entrepreneurs are institution sensitive. In addition, there is insufficient knowledge regarding the elements that impel and support such entrepreneurial actions. Based on China's community governance, this article attempts to clarify the strategies employed by SLBs to that result in their becoming policy entrepreneurs. It was observed that the Chinese SLBs primarily employed three strategies to act as policy entrepreneurs, which shows that different institutional contexts may shape the various strategies. This article indicates that the opportunity structure of the institution, in this case, the Chinese bureaucracy, enables SLBs to act entrepreneurially and the success of these strategies is also dependent on the SLBs' accountability and communication skills
Accountability · Action (physics · Bureaucracy · Business · China · Control (management · Corporate governance · Economics · Institution · Management · Political science · Public relations · Finance · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Policy and Administration Research
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| Citations per year | 5.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |