TY - JOUR
T1 - Institutional Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation in Danish Senior Care
AU - Jensen, Per Harboesgaard
AU - Fersch, Barbara
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This article discusses the social, political, and administrative dynamics behind shifting welfare policies and social innovations in the senior care provided by Danish municipalities. The main argument is that institutional entrepreneurs are key agents of change and that institutional entrepreneurship is rooted in exogenous (e.g., scarce resources) and endogenous (e.g., cognition) factors. The article shows how exogenous factors challenge existing practices or necessitate change, while new ideas among institutional entrepreneurs in politics and administration give direction to institutional change.
AB - This article discusses the social, political, and administrative dynamics behind shifting welfare policies and social innovations in the senior care provided by Danish municipalities. The main argument is that institutional entrepreneurs are key agents of change and that institutional entrepreneurship is rooted in exogenous (e.g., scarce resources) and endogenous (e.g., cognition) factors. The article shows how exogenous factors challenge existing practices or necessitate change, while new ideas among institutional entrepreneurs in politics and administration give direction to institutional change.
KW - changing welfare policies
KW - drivers for change
KW - eldercare
KW - institutional entrepreneurs
KW - social actors
KW - social innovation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059285570&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0095399715624945
DO - 10.1177/0095399715624945
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0095-3997
VL - 51
SP - 250
EP - 271
JO - Administration & Society
JF - Administration & Society
IS - 2
ER -