Entrepreneurship in the Polis

Understanding Political Entrepreneurship
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4724-2397-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 620 g

Reihe: The Ashgate Plus Series in International Relations and Politics

Dynamics of entrepreneurship have attracted growing attention from scholars of political science, policy studies, public administration and planning, as well as more recently, from the realms of international relations and foreign policy analysis. Under the banner of political entrepreneurship, this volume considers and maps out conceptual approaches to the study of entrepreneurship drawn from these fields, discusses synergies, envisages new analytical tools and offers contemporary empirical case studies, illustrating the diverse political contexts in which entrepreneurship takes place in the polis. Drawing upon an international cast of senior academics and cutting edge young researchers, the volume takes a closer look at key aspects of political entrepreneurship, such as, defining political entrepreneurs, how it relates to change, decision-making and strategies, organizational arrangements, institutional rules, varying contexts and future research agendas. By highlighting the political aspects of entrepreneurship, the volume presents new exciting opportunities for understanding entrepreneurial activities at regional, national and international levels. The volume will be of particular relevance to scholars and students of political science, policy studies, public administration, planning, international relations and business studies as well as practitioners interested in the nexus and utility of entrepreneurship in the modern-day political world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aflaki, Inga Narbutaité

Petridou, Evangelia

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Unpacking the Theoretical Boxes of Political Entrepreneurship, Evangelia Petridou, Inga Narbutaité Aflaki, Lee Miles; Chapter 2 The Networks of Political Entrepreneurs: A Case Study of Swiss Climate Policy, Karin Ingold, Dimitris Christopoulos; Chapter 3 Policy Entrepreneurs Meeting Mediators—a Conceptual Extension, Elin Wihlborg; Chapter 4 City Planners as Political Entrepreneurs: Do They Exist; Can They Exist?, Dimitri Ioannides; Chapter 5 Setting the Policy Agenda: A Policy Entrepreneurial Perspective on Urban Development in the Netherlands, Simon Verduijn; Chapter 6 The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs in Regional Governance Processes, Michael Böcher; Chapter 7 Political Entrepreneurs and Institutional Change: Governability, Liberal Political Culture, and the 1992 Electoral Reform in Israel, Assaf Meydani; Chapter 8 Policy Entrepreneurs and Morality Politics: Learning from Failure and Success, Michael MIntroductionm; Chapter 9 Regional Autonomy and Political Entrepreneurship, Pär M. Olausson; Chapter 10 1This chapter is based upon a paper presented at a dedicated panel of the Scandinavian Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (PSA) annual conference in Cardiff, UK (March 27, 2013), and a further paper given at a dedicated workshop held at Mid-Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden (September 2013). The chapter also builds upon some of the conceptual ideas developed in another book chapter examining the Danish case published in 2014 (see )., Lee Miles; Chapter 11 How Do Entrepreneurs Make National Security Policy? A Case Study of the G.W. Bush Administration, Charles-Philippe David; Chapter 12 Innovators for the Public—How Norm and Social Entrepreneurs Fulfill the Promises of Democracy, Lena Partzsch; Chapter 13 The Opportunity Structures of Cambodian French Institutional Entrepreneurs: A Study on Returnees’ Contributions to Transformative Change, Gea D.M. Wijers; Chapter 14 Political Entrepreneurship Redux: Looking to the Future, Inga Narbutaité Aflaki, Evangelia Petridou, Lee Miles;

Über Autor(innen)

Inga Narbutaité Aflaki is a senior lecturer at Karlstad University in Karlstad, Sweden. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Karlstad University. Her research focuses on implementation studies within Public Policy field and policy entrepreneurship processes especially using bottom up approach. Evangelia Petridou has a background in public administration and Ancient Greek. She received her MPA from Missouri State University and is currently a PhD student in Political Science at Mid-Sweden University in Östersund, Sweden. Lee Miles is Professor of International Relations (IR) at Loughborough University, UK and also holds a Professorship in Political Science at Karlstad University, Sweden. Lee has written extensively on the foreign policies of the Nordic Countries, the politics of European integration and Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA).