How the congruence between public servants’ schemas and legal legitimacy affects top-down public policy implementation

Why do some public policies mandated by the highest levels of government succeed, while others fail? This essay offers a partial answer by proposing that the effectiveness of a public policy depends on the congruence between the legal legitimacy of the law that establishes it, and the shared cultura...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Sociology
Main Authors:	Jeferson Tadeu de Souza, Luciano Rossoni
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-05-01
Subjects:	cultural schemas regulatory legitimacy public policy legitimation public servants institutionalism
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1505494/full