TY - JOUR
T1 - Speaking truth to power—How political rhetoric leads to a counter response of LGBTQ street-level bureaucrats
AU - Davidovitz, Maayan
AU - Cohen, Nissim
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Copyright © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - Does political rhetoric play a role in street-level bureaucrats policy implementation? If so, how? We examine this question through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 31 Israeli LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) teachers. Our findings demonstrate that when politicians express anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that contradicts the ideological position of these street-level bureaucrats, the latter implement policies that run counter to the stated positions of the former. Our study contributes to the implementation literature by highlighting the implications of political rhetoric in the execution of bottom-up policies. It illustrates that politicians’ words have power, which paradoxically motivates street-level bureaucrats to react by subverting them.
AB - Does political rhetoric play a role in street-level bureaucrats policy implementation? If so, how? We examine this question through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 31 Israeli LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) teachers. Our findings demonstrate that when politicians express anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that contradicts the ideological position of these street-level bureaucrats, the latter implement policies that run counter to the stated positions of the former. Our study contributes to the implementation literature by highlighting the implications of political rhetoric in the execution of bottom-up policies. It illustrates that politicians’ words have power, which paradoxically motivates street-level bureaucrats to react by subverting them.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2021.1979148
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2021.1979148
M3 - مقالة
SN - 1096-7494
VL - 25
SP - 165
EP - 177
JO - International Public Management Journal
JF - International Public Management Journal
IS - 2
ER -