This Element aims to connect the literature of street-level bureaucrats with that of policy
entrepreneurship in order to analyze why and how bureaucrats operating at the street level …

Under what conditions will street‐level bureaucrats act as policy entrepreneurs? Drawing on
the case of social workers working with disadvantaged populations in the context of urban …

Abstract Knowledge on street‐level bureaucrats as policy entrepreneurs is in its infancy.
This article contributes to this emerging field by examining three cases of successful efforts …

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 …

Social housing is today a highly residualised sector due to a combination of declining public
investment and intensified targeting of stock to the neediest households. We argue that …

Rather than being seen simply as social policy implementors, in recent decades there has
been increasing recognition of social workers as professionals with unique knowledge and …

Policy engagement by social workers that seeks to impact public policies that advance
social justice and human rights has, and continues to be, a core component of the social …

Studies show that social workers in many countries engage in policy practice at various
levels and through diverse strategies. Recent scholarship has even offered some important …

Nonprofit organizations that primarily provide social or health services can play an important
role in policy advocacy, as indicated by recent research. Less is known about how and why …

This quantitative study focuses on the political engagement of social work students by
comparing the extent of voluntary political participation and the factors that influence this …