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

Document research, informational interviews with 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 through into change, but furthermore in their optimism that they themselves, and their institutions, can affect such change and in their creativity to communicate through a variety of audiences and media. Planning and policy research and education need to develop not only analytical, but also communicational skills and understanding of political-institutional dynamics.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Urban and Regional Planning

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Matier, Debra Anne

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bruce A. Williams

• Environmental Sciences

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9971129

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79573