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 by social workers employed by local social services in Israel to introduce local policy change. These processes varied in the issues that they addressed and the length of time that the policy process took. In each case, a small number of low- and meso-street level community social workers were identified as policy entrepreneurs. Despite their limited resources, formal authority and political capital, the social workers invested efforts over long periods of time into furthering policies they believed would help the communities they worked with. The strategies adopted included seeking legitimacy; creating and disseminating knowledge; participating in policy arenas; and generally eschewing subversive tactics. The interplay between professional affiliation and institutional context informed their motivation to address specific social problems and the strategies they adopted.

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作为街头政策企业家的社会工作者

关于街头官僚作为政策企业家的知识还处于起步阶段。本文通过研究以色列当地社会服务机构雇用的社会工作者为引入当地政策变化所做的三个成功案例，为这一新兴领域做出了贡献。这些过程在它们解决的问题和政策过程所用的时间长度方面各不相同。在每种情况下，都将少数中低级别社区社会工作者确定为政策企业家。尽管他们的资源、正式权力和政治资本有限，但社会工作者在很长一段时间内投入了大量精力来推进他们认为会帮助他们合作的社区的政策。采取的策略包括寻求合法性；创造和传播知识；参与政策领域；并且通常避免颠覆性策略。专业从属关系和机构背景之间的相互作用决定了他们解决特定社会问题的动机以及他们采用的策略。