Policy entrepreneur

The term policy entrepreneur refers to highly talented and exceptional bureaucrats and or policy champions from think tanks and special interest groups who are constantly on the alert for new opportunities (for policy change), have the capacity to "sell" and "market" new ideas, and show an above average willingness to take risks.[1]

Origin

The term entrepreneur is derived from the French word entreprendre, i.e. to undertake. The French economist Jean-Baptiste Say first coined the term in 1803 and defined an entrepreneur as an individual who "shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield".[2]

Many decades later, scholars gradually have expanded the use of the idea of entrepreneurship and adapted the concept from business to the public sector. John Kingdon (1984) was one of the earliest scholars to apply the term entrepreneurs to the public sector; he first coined the term "policy entrepreneur" in his work Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brouwer, S. (2015). Policy Entrepreneurs in Water Governance: Strategies for Change. Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
  2. ↑ Drucker, P.F. (1985). Innovation and entrepreneurship: practice and principles. New York: Harper and Row.
  3. ↑ Kingdon, J.W. (1984). Agendas, alternatives, and public policies. New York: Harper Collins.
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