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A Research Agenda for the Study of Policy Entrepreneurs
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. (RCR)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7316-4899
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7163-3997
2021 (English)In: Policy Studies Journal, ISSN 0190-292X, E-ISSN 1541-0072, Vol. 49, no 4, p. 943-967, article id PSJ12405Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The study of policy entrepreneurs as agents of change has developed greatly in recent years, supported by increasingly more sophisticated theoretical and empirical research. In this article, we first consider how the concept of the policy entrepreneur can be integrated into broader theories of the policy process, with particular focus on the compatibility of the concept with the narrative policy framework. We then propose that further empirical research on policy entrepreneurs focus on five tasks:(1) Delimiting policy entrepreneurs as a distinct class of actor; (2) investigating contextual factors that encourage the emergence of policy entrepreneurs; (3) further specifying the strategies policy entrepreneurs deploy; (4) improving the measurement of the impact policy entrepreneurs have in the policy process; and (5) identifying when policy entrepreneurs prompt widescale change. New theoretical and empirical contributions along these lines could do much to advance our understanding of agency and structure in contemporary politics. 

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2021. Vol. 49, no 4, p. 943-967, article id PSJ12405
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policy entrepreneurs, narrative policy framework, policy process theories
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Public Administration Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-39457DOI: 10.1111/psj.12405ISI: 000545256700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85087442333OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-39457DiVA, id: diva2:1452242
Available from: 2020-07-05 Created: 2020-07-05 Last updated: 2025-02-21Bibliographically approved

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