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Becker, P., Sparf, J. & Petridou, E. (2024). Identifying proactive and reactive policy entrepreneurs in collaborative networks in flood risk management. Policy and Politics, 52(2), 298-320
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2024 (English)In: Policy and Politics, ISSN 0305-5736, E-ISSN 1470-8442, Vol. 52, no 2, p. 298-320Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

A policy entrepreneur is a distinct political actor aiming to affect change. The theoretical narrative regarding policy entrepreneurs is underpinned by their commitment to a policy solution, the multi-dimensional strategies they use to promote that solution, and a suite of attributes and skills facilitating their actions. Policy entrepreneurs reveal themselves through their attempts to transform policy ideas into policy innovations and, hence, disrupt status quo policy arrangements. Indeed, policy entrepreneurs share sensibilities with entrepreneurs in the market, whose conceptualisation serves as a heuristic for their counterparts in policy and politics. The emphasis on change borne out of innovative solutions distinguishes policy entrepreneurs from many other actors who aim to maintain current institutional settings and power relations. The growing scholarship on policy entrepreneurship assumes intentionality as inherent to the policy entrepreneur and their actions, foregrounding the image of the tenacious political actor set on steering their a priori pet policy to a suitable problem. This article draws from the market theory on entrepreneurship, contrasting proactive policy entrepreneurship (entrepreneurship by opportunity) and reactive policy entrepreneurship (entrepreneurship by necessity). We conduct a comparative social network analysis of three municipalities in southern Sweden focused on flood risk mitigation. We demonstrate two different logics of policy entrepreneurship (as a result of seizing opportunities versus as a reaction to vertical pressure), and we explore the consequences for enhancing our understanding of policy entrepreneurship

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bristol University Press, 2024
National Category
Public Administration Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-50268 (URN)10.1332/03055736y2023d000000006 (DOI)001165017800001 ()2-s2.0-85195442287 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2024-01-16 Created: 2024-01-16 Last updated: 2024-06-18Bibliographically approved
Zahariadis, N., Petridou, E. & van den Dool, A. (2024). Pedagogical approaches in teaching the multiple streams framework. In: Handbook of Teaching Public Policy: (pp. 92-104). Edward Elgar Publishing
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Pedagogical approaches in teaching the multiple streams framework
2024 (English)In: Handbook of Teaching Public Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, p. 92-104Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024
National Category
Pedagogy
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-50999 (URN)2-s2.0-85188724618 (Scopus ID)9781800378117 (ISBN)9781800378100 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-04-03 Created: 2024-04-03 Last updated: 2024-04-03Bibliographically approved
Petridou, E., Johansson, R., Eriksson, K., Alirani, G. & Zahariadis, N. (2024). Theorizing reactive policy entrepreneurship: A case study of Swedish local emergency management. Policy Studies Journal, 52(1), 73-89
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2024 (English)In: Policy Studies Journal, ISSN 0190-292X, E-ISSN 1541-0072, Vol. 52, no 1, p. 73-89Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this article, we examine public policy change at the local level of governance in the aftermath of an extraordinary event. Using the case study of a Swedish municipality after the sweeping forest fire of 2014, we contend that policy entrepreneurship, like its market counterpart, may under certain conditions take on a wider range of behaviors that are not underpinned by the proactive quest for opportunities. Rather, a sense of urgency and necessity, professional norms, and some keen technical skills make for a different kind of entrepreneurship, which we label reactive policy entrepreneurship.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley, 2024
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-48962 (URN)10.1111/psj.12508 (DOI)001037982900001 ()2-s2.0-85165887840 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-07-29 Created: 2023-07-29 Last updated: 2024-02-20Bibliographically approved
Zahariadis, N., Herweg, N., Zohlnhöfer, R. & Petridou, E. (Eds.). (2023). A Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework
2023 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. p. 376
Series
Edward Elgar Modern Guides
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-49970 (URN)10.4337/9781802209822 (DOI)2-s2.0-85181625799 (Scopus ID)978 1 80220 981 5 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-11-28 Created: 2023-11-28 Last updated: 2024-01-16Bibliographically approved
Zahariadis, N., Herweg, N., Zohlnhöfer, R., Petridou, E. & Novotný, V. (2023). Advancing the multiple streams framework. In: A Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework: (pp. 1-23). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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2023 (English)In: A Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. , 2023, p. 1-23Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2023
National Category
Other Social Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-50263 (URN)2-s2.0-85181633843 (Scopus ID)9781802209822 (ISBN)9781802209815 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-01-16 Created: 2024-01-16 Last updated: 2024-01-16Bibliographically approved
Zahariadis, N., Karokis‐Mavrikos, V., Exadaktylos, T., Kyriakidis, A., Sparf, J. & Petridou, E. (2023). Advancing the operationalization of national policy styles. European Policy Analysis, 9(3), 200-218
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2023 (English)In: European Policy Analysis, E-ISSN 2380-6567, Vol. 9, no 3, p. 200-218Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

While national policy styles have (re)gained academic attention in recent comparative public policy work, the concept still needs a widely accepted operationalization that can allow the collection and analysis of data across contexts while steering away from construct validity threats. We build on Tosun and Howlett's (2022) work and employ a mixed-methods approach, which relies on exploratory factor analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis. We put forth an operationalization, using Bertelsmann's Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI) as proxies, that achieves conceptual clarity and distinctiveness, informational robustness, and statistical power. Ultimately, we construct two composite indicators—mode of problem-solving and inclusiveness—calculate them in 41 countries and present policy style classifications based on their combinations. We report the distribution of countries across four policy styles (administrative, managerial, accommodative, adversarial) and conclude with an analysis of the clusters, assessments of robustness, and comparison with other national policy style classification schemes.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley, 2023
National Category
Public Administration Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-48118 (URN)10.1002/epa2.1172 (DOI)000956492200001 ()2-s2.0-85151433604 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-04-12 Created: 2023-04-12 Last updated: 2023-08-25Bibliographically approved
Petridou, E. (2023). From policy entrepreneur to policy entrepreneurship: Examining the role of context in policy entrepreneurial action. In: A Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework: (pp. 104-119). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>From policy entrepreneur to policy entrepreneurship: Examining the role of context in policy entrepreneurial action
2023 (English)In: A Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. , 2023, p. 104-119Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2023
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-50265 (URN)2-s2.0-85181627241 (Scopus ID)9781802209822 (ISBN)9781802209815 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-01-16 Created: 2024-01-16 Last updated: 2024-01-16Bibliographically approved
Petridou, E., Sparf, J., Hemmingsson, O. & Pihl, K. (2023). Immersive simulation and experimental design in risk and crisis management: Implications for learning. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 31(4), 1009-1017
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2023 (English)In: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, ISSN 0966-0879, E-ISSN 1468-5973, Vol. 31, no 4, p. 1009-1017Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Experiments have long been recognized as effective tools in teaching natural sciences and, to a lesser degree, in social sciences. However, understanding the role of immersive simulation experiments in undergraduate degree programmes demands more scholarly attention, given the pace of technological advances and research literacy in immersive simulation. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the potential of integrating immersive simulation laboratory experiments in social science education and specifically in a risk and crisis management undergraduate degree programme. Based on the work of Claire Dunlop, we demonstrate how an experiment with a high degree of experimental realism was a fruitful vehicle for initiating conversations about sensitive subjects in a safe environment and made teaching more inclusive, while high mundane realism made teaching risk and crisis management fun, and, we argue, fostered practical aspects of risk and crisis management. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley, 2023
National Category
Public Administration Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-48120 (URN)10.1111/1468-5973.12464 (DOI)000968486300001 ()2-s2.0-85152427030 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-04-12 Created: 2023-04-12 Last updated: 2023-11-08Bibliographically approved
Zahariadis, N. & Petridou, E. (2023). Multiple Streams, policy implementation and the Greek refugee crisis. In: A Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework: (pp. 144-159). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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2023 (English)In: A Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. , 2023, p. 144-159Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2023
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-50262 (URN)2-s2.0-85181632478 (Scopus ID)9781802209822 (ISBN)9781802209815 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-01-16 Created: 2024-01-16 Last updated: 2024-01-16Bibliographically approved
Morisson, A. & Petridou, E. (2023). Policy entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial strategies, and institutional contexts in Interreg Europe. Science and Public Policy, 50(4), 670-680
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Policy entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial strategies, and institutional contexts in Interreg Europe
2023 (English)In: Science and Public Policy, ISSN 0302-3427, E-ISSN 1471-5430, Vol. 50, no 4, p. 670-680Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In their efforts to affect policy change, policy entrepreneurs employ a series of strategies, which have been well documented in the literature. However, little is known regarding the relationship between the types of strategies policy entrepreneurs use and the institutional contexts in which they operate. The Interreg Europe programme aims to promote policy changes and thus offers a space for policy learning and experimentation to policy entrepreneurs. Using a mixed methodology that includes a survey addressed to the sixty-five Interreg Europe projects in research and innovation during the programming period 2014–20 and twelve follow-up semi-structured interviews, this article explores the strategies used by policy entrepreneurs in different institutional contexts. The study, rare in the policy entrepreneurship scholarship with its quantitative aspects, highlights the most widely-used strategies by policy entrepreneurs in research and innovation policy changes. Findings suggest that the strategy of storytelling is more widely used in high-innovator regions than in low-innovator regions and in Northern European regions compared to Southern European regions. Moreover, policy entrepreneurs who employ the storytelling strategy find it easier to introduce a policy change.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2023
National Category
Public Administration Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-48275 (URN)10.1093/scipol/scad014 (DOI)000980635400001 ()2-s2.0-85168736464 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-05-06 Created: 2023-05-06 Last updated: 2023-09-05Bibliographically approved
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