Policy Entrepreneurs and Morality Politics: Learning from Failure and Success

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policy design and practice 2019, vol. 2, no. 4, 307–323 doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2019.1675989 so you want to be a policy entrepreneur? michael mintrom school of social sciences, monash university, melbourne, australia abstract policy entrepreneurs are energetic actors who engage in collaborative efforts in and around government to promote policy innovations. given the enormous challenges now facing humanity, the need is great for such actors to step forward and catalyze change processes. academic research on policy entrepreneurs has flourished over recent years and, as a result, we know a lot about what makes for effective policy entrepreneurship. this article summarizes that research and offers insights for those who aspire to be policy entrepreneurs. the work of policy entrepreneurs involves various strat(2) using and expanding egies, leading by (4) networks, example, and (5) scaling up change processes. these strategies call for sophisticated deployment of a range of attributes and skills enumerated here, many of which can be nurtured and taught. (3) working with advocacy coalitions, including (1) problem framing, article history received 22 july 2019 accepted 26 september 2019 keywords policy entrepreneurs; policy making; policy innovation; problem framing; advocacy coalitions right here, right now is where we draw the line. the world is waking up. and change is coming whether you like it or not. – greta thunberg, speech at the u.n. climate action summit, 9/23/2019 …

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