Title: Entrepreneurship in the polis : understanding political entrepreneurship /
Authors: Miles, Lee, 1969-; Petridou, Evangelia,; Aflaki, Inga Narbutaité,; Aflaki, Inga Narbutaité,; Petridou, Evangelia,; Miles, Lee, 1969-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Political entrepreneurship.; Political entrepreneurship Case studies.; Political entrepreneurship
Abstract: 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.--
Contents: Unpacking the theoretical boxes of political entrepreneurship / Evangelia Petridou, Inga Narbutaité Aflaki, and Lee Miles -- The networks of political entrepreneurs : a case study of Swiss climate policy / Karin Ingold and Dimitris Christopoulos -- Policy entrepreneurs meeting mediators : a conceptual extension / Elin Wihlborg -- City planners as political entrepreneurs : do they exist; can they exist? / Dimitri Ioannides -- Setting the policy agenda : a policy entrepreneurial perspective on urban development in the Netherlands / Simon Verduijn -- The role of policy entrepreneurs in regional government processes / Michael Bucher -- Political entrepreneurs and institutional change : governability, liberal political culture and the 1992 electoral reform in Israel / Assaf Meydani -- Policy entrepreneurs and morality politics : learning from failure and success / Michael Mintrom -- Regional autonomy and political entrepreneurship / Pär M. Olausson -- Political entrepreneurship as painful choices : an examination of Swedish (post)-neutrality security policy / Lee Miles -- How do entrepreneurs make national security policy? : a case study of the G.W. Bush administration / Charles-Phillipe David -- Innovators for the public : how norm and social entrepreneurs fulfil the promises of democracy / Lena Partzsch -- The opportunity structures of Cambodian French institutional entrepreneurs : a study of returnees' contributions to transformative change / G.D.M. Wijers -- Political entrepreneurship redux : looking to the future / Inga Narbutaité Aflaki, Evangelia Petridou, and Lee Miles.