ABSTRACT

This article investigates the question of how policy entrepreneurs influence the behaviour of social movements. It does so by presenting a new framework for analyzing social movements or collective action that emphasises the important role of individuals. In particular, it offers a systematic study of social movement leaders using the literature of policy entrepreneurship. We identify five areas that should be considered when assessing how policy entrepreneurs can foster policy or political changes in their society: (1) the motivations of policy entrepreneurs, (2) variations in their goals, (3) the characteristics and abilities of policy entrepreneurs, (4) their strategies and (5) the potential outcomes. We then place these changes on a 6-point continuum ranging from least extreme to most extreme. In testing our theoretical framework using the case study of Bulgarian protests against the First Borisov Cabinet, we develop theoretical insights that could be generalised to other social movements worldwide.

摘要

本文研究了政策企业家如何影响社会运动行为的问题。它通过提出一个新的框架来分析社会运动或集体行动，强调个人的重要作用。特别是，它利用政策创业文献对社会运动领导人进行了系统的研究。我们确定了在评估政策企业家如何促进社会政策或政治变革时应考虑的五个领域：（1）政策企业家的动机，（2）他们目标的变化，（3）政策企业家的特征和能力，（4）他们的策略和（5）潜在的结果。然后，我们将这些变化放在从最不极端到最极端的 6 点连续体上。