Why we need to study street‐level policy entrepreneurs
Nissim Cohen,
Gwen Arnold,
Evangelia Petridou
Abstract:An emerging literature argues that street‐level bureaucrats can develop and advocate for policy innovations that change policy in meaningful ways, calling this phenomenon “street‐level policy entrepreneurship.” This argument is at the heart of the present special issue, which features contributions to developing the theoretical underpinnings of street‐level policy entrepreneurship and empirically examining evidence for this phenomenon. While the traditional understanding of street‐level bureaucrats views them … Show more
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