As a result of policy growth, implementing agencies often face new mandates without the necessary capacity expansion to comply with, thus resorting to intermediaries. However, intermediaries are not innocuous to the implementation process, especially when they are expected to play the double role of target and intermediary, responsible for translating/interpreting regulation for beneficiaries. How does the interaction between beneficiaries and intermediaries-target shape policy implementation? I argue that such interaction is not only determined by the role the intermediary adopts, and their relation with the beneficiary, but also by the motivations beneficiaries have for engaging in the regulatory process, and their capacity to do so. I develop a theoretical framework for understanding their interaction and apply it to a new regulatory policy in Mexico to provide social security for paid domestic workers. I explore the mechanisms by which the interaction between intermediaries and beneficiaries affects the outcome of the regulatory process.

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揭示中介与受益人的互动如何影响政策实施

由于政策增长，执行机构常常面临新的任务，但没有必要的能力扩张来遵守，因此不得不求助于中介机构。然而，中介机构对于实施过程并非无害，尤其是当他们被期望扮演目标和中介的双重角色，负责为受益人进行翻译/口译监管时。受益者和中介机构目标之间的互动如何影响政策实施？我认为，这种互动不仅取决于中介机构所扮演的角色及其与受益人的关系，还取决于受益人参与监管过程的动机及其这样做的能力。我开发了一个理论框架来理解他们的相互作用，并将其应用于墨西哥的新监管政策，为有偿家政工人提供社会保障。我探讨了中介机构和受益人之间的互动影响监管过程结果的机制。