The Role of the Political Entrepreneur in the Context of Policy Change and Crisis

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Abstract

This paper seeks to investigate the inner mechanics of policy change. It aims to discover how ideas enter the political arena, and how endogenous forces within the policy making environment transform ideas into new policies. The central hypothesis is that in times of crisis, new ideas emanate from a number of change agents, but in order for any of these ideas to enter the institutional environment, one specific agent of change must be present: the political entrepreneur. Without political entrepreneurs ideational change, and subsequent policy change, would not occur. The paper sets out a framework for identifying and explaining the endogenous drivers of policy change, and then tests this framework on two case studies, from two countries.
Original languageEnglish
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventMidwest Political Science Association Annual Conference - Chicago, United States
Duration: 14 Apr 201314 Apr 2013

Conference

ConferenceMidwest Political Science Association Annual Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period14/04/1314/04/13

Keywords

  • policy change
  • crisis
  • political entrepreneur
  • change agents
  • endogenous forces
  • ideational change

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