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- Title
The times make a hero: Street‐level policy entrepreneurship in major crisis responses in China.
- Authors
Tang, Na; He, Muyu
- Abstract
Street‐level bureaucrats are often grassroots officials, and they are regarded as passive practitioners of policy with no authority to change policy or innovate, while policy entrepreneurs are usually high‐level officials. Based on observations of China's responses to two national crises, this study found that the times do make a hero. When acting as innovative frontline technocrats, major transboundary crisis practitioners, and management savvy operators within the top‐down bureaucracy, street‐level bureaucrats can become policy entrepreneurs. To innovate and drive policy change, street‐level policy entrepreneurs will adopt innovative strategies. They will make efficient use of their expertise and discretion, integrate various resources, strive for attention from superiors, consolidate their achievements, and expand their influence.
- Subjects
CHINA; BUREAUCRACY; POLITICAL entrepreneurship; BUSINESSPEOPLE; CRISES; CIVIL service; HEROES
- Publication
Review of Policy Research, 2023, Vol 40, Issue 4, p490
- ISSN
1541-132X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ropr.12550