Giest Sarah
Institute of Public Administration, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University, Turfmarkt 99, 2511 DP The Hague, The Netherlands.
Reg Environ Change. 2018;18(5):1299-1308. doi: 10.1007/s10113-018-1286-x. Epub 2018 Feb 14.
A growing body of literature focuses on how the context in which policy entrepreneurs operate shapes their actions. This study contributes to this perspective by focusing on the regional implementation of wind turbines for increasing renewable energy levels in Sweden. Sweden introduced national wind coordinators for facilitating wind energy implementation. In this capacity, the coordinators carry out entrepreneurial strategies in form of moving the policy through the administrative agenda at local level and pursuing the implementation process together with municipal stakeholders. The study shows that over time, wind coordinators were able to move beyond the government-defined activities and widen the scope of their actions. The analysis offers insights into the temporal dimension of regional entrepreneurial activities by mapping activities from 2006 to 2016. The case reveals that a flexible policy framework and more in-depth knowledge into regional struggles through mediating and networking enable the identification of potential local bottlenecks and lobbying for legal changes by entrepreneurs.
越来越多的文献关注政策企业家的运作环境如何塑造他们的行动。本研究聚焦于瑞典风力涡轮机的区域实施，以提高可再生能源水平，从而为这一观点做出了贡献。瑞典引入了国家风能协调员以促进风能实施。在此职能下，协调员通过将政策推进到地方层面的行政议程，并与市政利益相关者共同推进实施过程，来开展创业战略。研究表明，随着时间的推移，风能协调员能够超越政府规定的活动，扩大其行动范围。通过绘制2006年至2016年的活动，该分析提供了对区域创业活动时间维度的见解。该案例表明，一个灵活的政策框架以及通过调解和建立网络对区域斗争有更深入的了解，能够使企业家识别潜在的地方瓶颈，并游说进行法律变革。
