TY - JOUR
T1 - POLICY CHANGE INCH BY INCH
T2 - POLICY ENTREPRENEURS IN THE HOLY BASIN OF JERUSALEM
AU - Shpaizman, Ilana
AU - Swed, Ori
AU - Pedahzur, Ami
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Facing barriers to change, policy entrepreneurs often shift their activities to a more favourable venue. In the new venue they either pressure the system from the outside, leading to policy punctuation, or make incremental changes within the existing system which over time will accumulate to a significant change in the status quo. This article aims to expand our understanding of policy entrepreneurs' role in the policy process by examining the strategies they use in the incremental path. Specifically, it focuses on one gradual change strategy, conversion – redirection of existing institutions to new purposes. Based on the case of policy entrepreneurs in the Holy Basin of Jerusalem, the findings indicate that when the entrepreneurs shift the venue to the bureaucracy they can establish cooperative relations with the government that will provide them with the needed capacities to exploit the gaps in the existing rules and redirect them to serve their aim.
AB - Facing barriers to change, policy entrepreneurs often shift their activities to a more favourable venue. In the new venue they either pressure the system from the outside, leading to policy punctuation, or make incremental changes within the existing system which over time will accumulate to a significant change in the status quo. This article aims to expand our understanding of policy entrepreneurs' role in the policy process by examining the strategies they use in the incremental path. Specifically, it focuses on one gradual change strategy, conversion – redirection of existing institutions to new purposes. Based on the case of policy entrepreneurs in the Holy Basin of Jerusalem, the findings indicate that when the entrepreneurs shift the venue to the bureaucracy they can establish cooperative relations with the government that will provide them with the needed capacities to exploit the gaps in the existing rules and redirect them to serve their aim.
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U2 - 10.1111/padm.12273
DO - 10.1111/padm.12273
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AN - SCOPUS:84997170471
SN - 0033-3298
VL - 94
SP - 1042
EP - 1058
JO - Public Administration
JF - Public Administration
IS - 4
ER -