Street-level bureaucrats at the forefront of pandemic response: a comparative perspective

A Gofen, G Lotta - … of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Crises' implications for street-level implementation are understudied despite street-level
bureaucracy, as the operational arm of the state, by definition, serving on the frontline of …

The importance of policy narrative: Effective government responses to Covid-19

M Mintrom, R O'Connor - Policy Design and Practice, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The spread of Covid-19 and the variety of government responses opens space for policy
learning. Traditional policy analysis tools would lead us to explain policy variation using …

Governmental response to crises and its implications for street-level implementation: Policy ambiguity, risk, and discretion during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Davidovitz, N Cohen, A Gofen - Journal of Comparative Policy …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
What are the implications of governmental responses to crises for street-level
implementation? The COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique opportunity to compare the …

Street‐level bureaucrats and policy entrepreneurship: When implementers challenge policy design

N Cohen, NF Aviram - Public Administration, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Linking street‐level bureaucracy with policy entrepreneurship is a new, ongoing trend in the
literature. We claim that in various cases one must consider street‐level policy …

Taking the bite out of administrative burdens: How beneficiaries of a Mexican social program ease administrative burdens in street‐level interactions

R Peeters, SA Campos - Governance, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite taking the citizen experience of policy implementation as starting point for analysis,
the literature on administrative burdens has mostly portrayed citizens as passive victims of …

Behavioural governance in the policy process: introduction to the special issue

A Gofen, A Moseley, E Thomann… - Journal of European …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Research adopting an interdisciplinary, behavioural perspective on Public Policy and Public
Administration is booming. Yet there has been little integration into mainstream public policy …

Vaccine hesitancy: a structured review from a behavioral perspective (2015–2022)

S Acharya, T Aechtner, S Dhir… - Psychology, Health & …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Vaccine hesitancy, a complex behavioral phenomenon, poses a significant global health
threat and has gained renewed attention amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper …

Street-level implementation scenery: Frontstage, backstage and the prompter

A Gofen, G Lotta, O Meza… - Handbook of public policy …, 2024 - elgaronline.com
Street-level implementation distinguishes policy implementation activities characterized by
direct interaction with the public. Officials who directly deliver policies to people, such as …

Prediction of vaccine hesitancy based on social media traffic among Israeli parents using machine learning strategies

S Bar-Lev, S Reichman, Z Barnett-Itzhaki - Israel journal of health policy …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Vaccines have contributed to substantial reductions of morbidity and mortality
from vaccine-preventable diseases, mainly in children. However, vaccine hesitancy was …

Levels of analysis in street-level bureaucracy research

A Gofen, S Sella, D Gassner - Research handbook on street-level …, 2019 - elgaronline.com
Street-level implementation is exercised by individuals, during direct interactions with
various clients, in different organizational settings, for the implementation of multiple policies …