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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"policy entrepreneurship"”.
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A Cross -National Study of Policy Entrepreneurship on the Part of Technical -Professional Bureaucrats in National Environmental Agencies: The Case of Household Waste Reduction Policy in Germany, France and the United States
… key participants in national household waste policy-making and formal interviews with technical-professional bureaucrats in the technical-professional bureaucrats are distinguishable from their peers not only in their display of policy vision and energy and commitment to seeing this vision …
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Mobilizing Higher Education for Development in Africa: A Case Study of the Association of African Universities
… My findings indicated that through the lens of policy entrepreneurship, the AAU, as a higher education network, acted as an agent in development by undertaking activities aimed at addressing development priorities when using higher education as a point of intervention. By sustaining creative, …
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The night - time economy in Sydney, Australia: policies and actors pre, during and post the Covid - 19 pandemic
… coalition framework was used to map out the policy actors and their beliefs. Policy entrepreneurship framework was used to investigate the actors’ strategies adopted to shape policy change. As the NTE in Sydney was highly contested, I draw upon conflicting rationalities to analyse the …
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Opportunities and Limits for Mayoral–Public Employee Union Collaborations: The Case of the de Blasio Administration in New York City, 2013–2017
… affect this mayoral administration’s efforts at policy innovation and administrative practice. In particular, how, if at all, do public employee unions shape the administration’s decisions about the balance between providing public services directly versus contracting them out to nongovernmental …
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The Expansion of Counter-terrorism in the EU Post-9/11: The Development of EU Aviation Security
… and spill-over, and supranational policy entrepreneurship. Both documentary analysis and elite interviewing are used to form the basis of the empirical analysis. The thesis considers the origins, development and organisation of the new competence. It also examines the EU efforts and …
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Interest groups, public opinion, and path dependence: how Canada and the U.S diverged on healthcare policy
… of the conditions under which health care policy change occurs and explanations for the major factors that shaped policy divergence. However, there are few studies dedicated to explaining mechanisms for continued policy divergence and its impacts on public opinion. In this thesis, I …
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Policy formation in the European Community – the case of culture
… the origin and development of EC cultural policy through four case studies of policy formation. The four cases selected occurred in the pre-Maastricht period, 1955-1988. The first two policy experiences correspond to a pre-history of the EC´s cultural policy, the latter two resulted in …
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Transitioning to Sustainable Civil Infrastructure Systems: Green Stormwater Management and Engineering Design Thinking
… factors, including the presence of a policy entrepreneurship coalition in support of alternative stormwater management plans, the election of a key political official who acknowledged the needs of local stakeholders, and a shift in mindset of local and national officials as to what …
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The Impact of Advocacy Groups in Facilitating Policy Diffusion to Pass Paid Sick Leave Laws in New Jersey
… has been designed to examine the spread of the policy between local governments and then the subsequent adoption of the policy by the state. In New Jersey, PSL was first adopted by Jersey City in 2013. Following that adoption, 12 other New Jersey municipalities adopted PSL. In 2018, a law was …
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In-depth enquiry into the implementation of a large-scale social health protection scheme in the context of the drive towards universal health coverage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
… events in SSP evolution and the changes in its policy parameters - for example, population, services and financial coverage. I acquired the documents from the SSP head office and its official website. The included documents were either authored or commissioned by GoKP, including Planning …
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The Language of Cultural Policy Advocacy: Leadership, Message, and Rhetorical Style
… at the federal level, to advocate for favorable policy incomes, usually in the form of continued or increased public arts funding. Engaging in advocacy as part of a larger policymaking process requires actors inside and outside of government to employ various methods of persuasion. My …