Layers of co-existing innovation systems
In: Research Policy, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 888-910
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In: Research Policy, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 888-910
In: University of Zurich, Institute of Business Administration, UZH Business Working Paper No. 372, 2017
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In: Governance: an international journal of policy and administration, Band 34, Heft 2, S. 523-543
ISSN: 1468-0491
AbstractThere is a need to conduct more diverse cross‐case analyses in the Multiple Streams Approach (MSA) literature which originated in the United States, to show how key concepts, such as a windows‐of‐opportunity and the role of policy entrepreneurs, manifest in different political contexts. We apply Qualitative Comparative Analysis for a cross‐case analysis of a unique dataset representing 20 countries from four continents. This approach allows us to highlight distinct pathways to influencing policies. We identify four configurations for expanding civic spaces and two configurations for changing policies. We identify three findings novel to MSA: there are two distinctive policy entrepreneur roles involving local and international civil society actors; effective entrepreneurship is conditional on strengthening civic voice and creating civic space conducive to advocacy; and, therefore, effective entrepreneurs often must focus on expanding the civic space to discuss policy problems and the technical and political feasibility of policy solutions.