Emmett, Hegarty (2021) An exploratory case study of Policy Entrepreneurship in water management: Save Cork City and the Cork flood policy controversy. Pre-master thesis.
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Abstract
There is consensus that the field of water management experiencing a period of transitional change, driven by climate change, aging infrastructure and evolving demands of water users.It has been noted that in the face of such pressure to change, water management institutions can often act in a conservative, change resistant manner despite the necessity to change and innovate. The subject of how to manage transition is an emerging topic of inquiry for policy studies researchers.Particular attention has been paid to the role of Policy Entrepreneurs, distinguished by the innovation and drive that characterises their attempts to see their policy goal realised. The thesis seeks to gain understanding of policy entrepreneurs and their behaviors by case study of an Irish policy entrepreneurial group “Save Cork City”. and assesses their actions in challenging proposed flood defences in Cork City, with their own alternative plan This study is informed by a theoretical framework derived from relevant literature, and a qualitative methodological approach to research, which consisted of document analysis and qualitative interviews of stakeholders. Research was conducted and the findings analysed to determine the efficacy of noteworthy tactics and behavior. This gave insight into an organisation highly effective at Frame definition, frame contest and problem framing, but of one struggled to build networks and institutional connections that would help translate this advantage into policy change
| Item Type: | Thesis (Pre-master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Busscher, T. |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2021 11:45 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2021 11:45 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3651 |
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