Theorizing reactive policy entrepreneurship: A case study of Swedish local emergency management

Petridou, Evangelia; Johansson, Roine; Eriksson, Kerstin; Alirani, Gertrud; Zahariadis, Nikolaos

doi:10.1111/psj.12508

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“…The article builds on (Petridou et al, 2023), who suggested a nuanced view of policy entrepreneurship based on entrepreneurs' motives, and the methodological contribution of Petridou and colleagues (2021), providing more rigour and precision in identifying policy entrepreneurs. Christopoulos and Ingold's (2011) use of positive Bonacich power/Beta centrality to structurally identify policy entrepreneurs is seminal in this regard.…”

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“…In this article, we challenge the notion that policy entrepreneurs must necessarily have a specific policy in mind as they work to affect change. Following Petridou (2023) and Petridou et al (2023), we posit that, similarly to market entrepreneurship, policy entrepreneurship may emerge not only through opportunity structures but also through conditions of necessity. In market entrepreneurship, the latter is regarded as entrepreneurship by necessity.…”

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Identifying proactive and reactive policy entrepreneurs in collaborative networks in flood risk management

Becker,

Sparf,

Petridou

2024

Policy &Amp; Politics

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A policy entrepreneur is a distinct political actor aiming to affect change. The theoretical narrative regarding policy entrepreneurs is underpinned by their commitment to a policy solution, the multi-dimensional strategies they use to promote that solution, and a suite of attributes and skills facilitating their actions. Policy entrepreneurs reveal themselves through their attempts to transform policy ideas into policy innovations and, hence, disrupt status quo policy arrangements. Indeed, policy entrepreneurs share sensibilities with entrepreneurs in the market, whose conceptualisation serves as a heuristic for their counterparts in policy and politics. The emphasis on change borne out of innovative solutions distinguishes policy entrepreneurs from many other actors who aim to maintain current institutional settings and power relations. The growing scholarship on policy entrepreneurship assumes intentionality as inherent to the policy entrepreneur and their actions, foregrounding the image of the tenacious political actor set on steering their a priori pet policy to a suitable problem. This article draws from the market theory on entrepreneurship, contrasting proactive policy entrepreneurship (entrepreneurship by opportunity) and reactive policy entrepreneurship (entrepreneurship by necessity). We conduct a comparative social network analysis of three municipalities in southern Sweden focused on flood risk mitigation. We demonstrate two different logics of policy entrepreneurship (as a result of seizing opportunities versus as a reaction to vertical pressure), and we explore the consequences for enhancing our understanding of policy entrepreneurship.

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Identifying proactive and reactive policy entrepreneurs in collaborative networks in flood risk management

Becker,

Sparf,

Petridou

2024

Policy &Amp; Politics

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“This community will grow” — little concern for future wildfires in a dry and increasingly hotter Swedish rural community

Eriksson,

Sjöström,

Vermina Plathner

2024

Reg Environ Change

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Increased risk of wildfires is often highlighted in media coverage of climate change in the Nordic countries. How an increased risk is reflected in the concerns and adaptive measures within the most likely affected communities is nevertheless not known. This study investigates concerns and adaptation to wildfires in a rural community in south-eastern Sweden. The comparatively dry study area has a history of frequent but often low-consequence wildfires and is projected to experience Sweden’s largest increase in severe fire weather towards 2100. Through narratives, this study elucidates potential wildfire concerns in this area and motivations behind adaptation measures. The narratives are compared to a physical causal network extracted from the literature on fires and their consequences in the region. Residents foresee an increased wildfire risk but do not consider it a threat to the future well-being of the community. Forest owners and homeowners express low commitment in preventive or adaptive measures. Instead, contrasting the reality of the twentieth century, the fire service is currently considered to be responsible for both preventing and suppressing fires. This attitude is attributed to the lack of severe implications from the generally well-managed fires in the region. Actions for prevention and adaptation seem triggered by media attention or experience from real high-consequence events occurring elsewhere, rather than local wildfire occurrence or climate change projections.

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Media actors as policy entrepreneurs: a case study of “No Jab, No Play” and “No Jab, No Pay” mandatory vaccination policies in Australia

Attwell,

Hannah,

Drislane

et al. 2024

Policy Sci

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The media’s central role in the policy process has long been recognised, with policy scholars noting the potential for news media to influence policy change. However, scholars have paid most attention to the news media as a conduit for the agendas, frames, and preferences of other policy actors. Recently, scholars have more closely examined media actors directly contributing to policy change. This paper presents a case study to argue that specific members of the media may display the additional skills and behaviours that characterise policy entrepreneurship. Our case study focuses on mandatory childhood vaccination in Australia, following the entrepreneurial actions of a deputy newspaper editor and her affiliated outlets. Mandatory childhood vaccination policies have grown in strength and number in recent years across the industrialised world in response to parents refusing to vaccinate their children. Australia’s federal and state governments have been at the forefront of meeting vaccine refusal with harsh consequences; our case study demonstrates how media actors conceived and advanced these policies. The experiences, skills, attributes, and strategies of Sunday Telegraph Deputy Editor Claire Harvey facilitated her policy entrepreneurship, utilising many classic hallmarks from the literature and additional opportunities offered by her media role. Harvey also subverted the classic pathway of entrepreneurship, mobilising the public ahead of policymakers to force the latter’s hand.

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Theorizing reactive policy entrepreneurship: A case study of Swedish local emergency management

Cited by 6 publications

References 63 publications

Identifying proactive and reactive policy entrepreneurs in collaborative networks in flood risk management

Identifying proactive and reactive policy entrepreneurs in collaborative networks in flood risk management

“This community will grow” — little concern for future wildfires in a dry and increasingly hotter Swedish rural community

Media actors as policy entrepreneurs: a case study of “No Jab, No Play” and “No Jab, No Pay” mandatory vaccination policies in Australia

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