Policy Entrepreneurs and Change Strategies: Lessons from Sixteen Case Studies of Water Transitions around the Globe [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2010 This paper focuses on the role of policy entrepreneurs in realizing water policy transitions. The central questions are to what extent have policy entrepreneurs played a role in realizing major change in water policies, who are these policy entrepreneurs,
Sander Meijerink, Dave Huitema
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Realizing water transitions: the role of policy entrepreneurs in water policy change [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2010 This special feature aims to further our understanding of the way in which transitions occur in water management. We contend that if we want to understand such transitions, we need to understand policy change and its opposite, policy stability.
Dave Huitema, Sander Meijerink
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Shaping Policy Change in Population Health: Policy Entrepreneurs, Ideas, and Institutions [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018 Political realities and institutional structures are often ignored when gathering evidence to influence population health policies. If these policies are to be successful, social science literature on policy change should be integrated into the ...
Daniel Béland, Tarun R. Katapally
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Towards Adaptive Management: Examining the Strategies of Policy Entrepreneurs in Dutch Water Management [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2011 The growing awareness of the complexities and uncertainties in water management has put into question the existing paradigms in this field. Increasingly more flexible, integrated, and adaptive policies are promoted.
Stijn Brouwer, Frank Biermann
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A policy window and a network of global and local policy entrepreneurs: The introduction of opioid substitution therapy in Belarus [PDF]
Central European Journal of Public Policy, 2021 Why does a regime that is predominantly characterised by conservative ideology introduce opioid substitution therapy (OST), a liberal policy? This article applies the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) to examine the introduction of OST in Belarus ...
Babayan Ararat +2 more
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Policy entrepreneurs are integral in efforts to curb antimicrobial resistance in low and middle income countries [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIdemudia Imonikhe Otaigbe
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Raising complex public health challenges on local government agendas: a Norwegian case study [PDF]
Health Research Policy and SystemsBackground Public health challenges, ranging from noncommunicable disease prevention to pandemic preparedness, involve both policymaking and the handling of complexity at local, national or global level.
Kristine Løkås Vigsnes +3 more
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Ecology and Society, 2019 With global environmental problems worsening, policy makers and nonstate actors are looking for viable solutions through policy innovation, entrepreneurship, and experimentation.
Belinda K. McFadgen
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Policy Entrepreneurs, Crises, and Policy Change
Increasingly, policymaking takes place while extraordinary events threaten fundamental societal values. During turbulent times, policy entrepreneurs emerge as pivotal figures. They are energetic actors who pursue dynamic change in public policy and, whereas we know much about how they promote innovation and change in normal policymaking, we know less ...
Petridou, Evangelia +3 more
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The strategy of venue creation: Explaining health policy change in Greece
International Review of Public Policy, 2022 How do policy entrepreneurs affect policy change in environments of institutional instability? The literature has predominantly explored policy entrepreneur strategizing in contexts with established institutional settings.
Maria Mavrikou +2 more
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