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 language | English |
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DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Event | Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference - Chicago, United States Duration: 14 Apr 2013 → 14 Apr 2013 |
Conference
Conference | Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Chicago |
Period | 14/04/13 → 14/04/13 |
Keywords
- policy change
- crisis
- political entrepreneur
- change agents
- endogenous forces
- ideational change