The study of policy entrepreneurs as agents of change has developed greatly in recent
years, supported by increasingly more sophisticated theoretical and empirical research. In …

This article explores the role of actors and agency in the literature on sustainability
transitions. We reviewed 386 journal articles on transition management and sustainability …

Resilience thinking in relation to the environment has emerged as a lens of inquiry that
serves a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. Resilience is about …

We reviewed the literature on leadership in linked social-ecological systems and combined
it with the literature on institutional entrepreneurship in complex adaptive systems to develop …

Recent research has shown that communication networks involving governmental and
nongovernmental actors self‐organize based on how risk is perceived. According to the “risk …

This Element aims to connect the literature of street-level bureaucrats with that of policy
entrepreneurship in order to analyze why and how bureaucrats operating at the street level …

Policy entrepreneurs are energetic actors who work with others in and around policymaking
venues to promote significant policy change. After several decades of study, we know a lot …

What lessons can we learn from 40 years of policy entrepreneurship scholarship on policy
entrepreneurs' strategies and defining characteristics? While scholars have offered …

In this article, I examine how civil society organizations (CSOs) in China created policy
networks among government officials to change environmental policies. I contend that these …

The governance of climate adaptation involves the collective efforts of multiple societal
actors to address problems, or to reap the benefits, associated with impacts of climate …