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  Policy Networks and Change: The Case of High-Tc Superconductors

Jansen, D. (1990). Policy Networks and Change: The Case of High-Tc Superconductors. MPIfG Discussion Paper, 90/6.

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New source: Jansen, Dorothea (1991). Policy Networks and Change: The Case of High-Tc Superconductors. In Bernd Marin, & Renate Mayntz (Eds.), Policy Networks: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Considerations (pp. 137-174). Frankfurt a.M.: Campus Verlag.
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Jansen, Dorothea1, Author           
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1Projektbereiche vor 1997, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214553              

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 Abstract: The problems of change and inertia in policy networks have been widely
discussed in various fields of public policy making. The question of how
new issues and actors can be quickly integrated into networks is especially
relevant in the case of research and technology policy which must react
quickly to scientific discoveries so that firms can translate new knowledge
into profitable methods and products. This paper examines how the German
superconductivity policy network reacted to a sudden breakthrough in
superconductivity research. It shows first why and how the established
network included the new issue - ceramic high-Tc superconductors (HTS) -
in its agenda in a very specific way. And it shows second, why and how
an actor from outside tried to enter the networ~ why he succeeded and
how this event shaped the structure and policy of the network. The analysis
deals with the transformation of the whole policy network and the
formation of an HTS policy programme as a consequence of the intersection
of actor strategies and new opportunity structures that were offered by scientific and technological change.
 Abstract: In verschiedenen Politikbereichen wird das Problem des Wandels von
Politiknetzwerken bzw. ihrer Resistenz gegen Veränderungen diskutiert. Die
rasche Einbeziehung neuer Themen und Akteure ist insbesondere für die
Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik von Bedeutung, deren Ziel die rasche
Umsetzung wissenschaftlicher Entdeckungen in ökonomisch nutzbare
Produkte sein muß. Dieses Papier befaßt sich mit der Reaktion des
deutschen Supraleitungspolitiknetzwerkes auf einen Durchbruch in der
Supraleitungsforschung, die Entdeckung von Höchtemperaturspupraleitern
(HTSL). Es zeigt, wie und warum das etablierte Netzwerk das neue Thema
in einer sehr spezifischen Weise aufgriff, wie und warum ein externer
Akteur - mit Erfolg - versuchte, in das Netzwerk einzudringen, und wie
sich die Struktur und die Politik des Netzwerks veränderte. Die Analyse
zielt darauf ab, diese Transformation des gesamten Netzwerkes und die
Formulierung des HTSL-Politikprogramms als das Ergebnis der Überlagerung von Akteurstrategien und neuen Möglichkeitsstrukturen zu erklären, die durch wissenschaftlichen und technologischen Wandel entstanden sind.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 1990-06
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 47
 Publishing info: Köln : Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung
 Table of Contents: Abstract
1. Introduction: The discovery of high-Tc superconductors
2. An outline of the general approach: Policy networks and their adaption to change
3. HTS: Changes in scientific and technological paradigms
4. Identification of the superconductivity policy network
5. The policy formation: Defining an HTS funding programme
5.1 The reaction of the established policy network
5.2 The challenge of the established superconductivity network
6. The transformation of the policy network: Compromise on the funding priorities and the emergence of an HTS industry consortium
7. Summary and perspectives
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 Identifiers: eDoc: 527608
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Title: MPIfG Discussion Paper
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MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, Editor              
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 90/6 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 0944-2073
ISSN: 1864-4325