“…The postulate of the "socially situated" actor and "situated rationality" The postulate of the socially situated actor, which implicitly builds on the postulate of methodological individualism (deliberation), admits that the actors involved in defining the "reality" that describes the process of administrative reform are characterized by their position or disposition in the context of action, institutions, and theoretical instruments that allow them to make "sense" of the realities they face or to take decisions (Boudon, 1986;Brown et al, 2015;Currie and Spyridonidis, 2016;Drevon et al, 2018;Friedberg, 1997;Journé & Raulet-Croset, 2008;Musselin, 2005). As Brown et al (2015: p. 267) outline, "Sense-Journal of Service Science and Management making involves not merely interpretation and meaning production but the active authoring of the situations in which reflexive actors are embedded and are attempting to comprehend".…”