The lifecycle of a voluntary policy innovation: the case of local Agenda 21
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Resumo: | Local Agenda 21 (LA21) emerged 23 years ago as a voluntary policy innovation for local governments aiming at sustainability and has now completed its lifecycle. We aim at a second look at LA21 from the standpoint of the institutional and innovation diffusion theories and with Portugal as case study. Results show a three moment lifecycle for LA21, each with distinct diffusion patterns. The Dawn, stymied by lack of regional and national leadership, was likely fuelled by a learning mechanism. It lasted 10 years and involved a mere 1% of the potential adopters. The Zenith took place when other countries had already come full circle. During this phase 27% of the local governments became active and both coercion and competition stand out as relevant engines. Twilight, most probably powered through coercion, competition and imitation mechanisms, took LA21 to a steady state with an additional 19% of local governments enrolling. Since then LA21 has shown departures in several different directions, including oblivion. We speculate, based on preliminary data that, although most LA21 are no longer active, a durable setting was created that promotes further innovation and public participation. |
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The lifecycle of a voluntary policy innovation: the case of local Agenda 21Indirect observationInnovation diffusionLocal Agenda 21Local sustainabilityPolicy innovationPost LA21Local Agenda 21 (LA21) emerged 23 years ago as a voluntary policy innovation for local governments aiming at sustainability and has now completed its lifecycle. We aim at a second look at LA21 from the standpoint of the institutional and innovation diffusion theories and with Portugal as case study. Results show a three moment lifecycle for LA21, each with distinct diffusion patterns. The Dawn, stymied by lack of regional and national leadership, was likely fuelled by a learning mechanism. It lasted 10 years and involved a mere 1% of the potential adopters. The Zenith took place when other countries had already come full circle. During this phase 27% of the local governments became active and both coercion and competition stand out as relevant engines. Twilight, most probably powered through coercion, competition and imitation mechanisms, took LA21 to a steady state with an additional 19% of local governments enrolling. Since then LA21 has shown departures in several different directions, including oblivion. We speculate, based on preliminary data that, although most LA21 are no longer active, a durable setting was created that promotes further innovation and public participation.Canadian Center of Science and EducationVeritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaPinto, MartaMacedo, MartaMacedo, PedroAlmeida, ConceiçãoSilva, Margarida2016-01-07T11:49:05Z20152015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/18838engPINTO, Marta; MACEDO, Pedro; ALMEIDA, Conceição; SILVA, Margarida - The Lifecycle of a Voluntary Policy Innovation: The Case of Local Agenda 21. Journal of Management and Sustainability. ISSN 1925-4725. Vol. 5, n.º 2 (2015), p. 69-831925-472510.5539/jms.v5n2p691925-4733info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-09-26T01:42:10Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/18838Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:14:55.034390Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The lifecycle of a voluntary policy innovation: the case of local Agenda 21 |
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The lifecycle of a voluntary policy innovation: the case of local Agenda 21 |
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The lifecycle of a voluntary policy innovation: the case of local Agenda 21 Pinto, Marta Indirect observation Innovation diffusion Local Agenda 21 Local sustainability Policy innovation Post LA21 |
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The lifecycle of a voluntary policy innovation: the case of local Agenda 21 |
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The lifecycle of a voluntary policy innovation: the case of local Agenda 21 |
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The lifecycle of a voluntary policy innovation: the case of local Agenda 21 |
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The lifecycle of a voluntary policy innovation: the case of local Agenda 21 |
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The lifecycle of a voluntary policy innovation: the case of local Agenda 21 |
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Pinto, Marta |
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Pinto, Marta Macedo, Marta Macedo, Pedro Almeida, Conceição Silva, Margarida |
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Macedo, Marta Macedo, Pedro Almeida, Conceição Silva, Margarida |
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Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
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Pinto, Marta Macedo, Marta Macedo, Pedro Almeida, Conceição Silva, Margarida |
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Indirect observation Innovation diffusion Local Agenda 21 Local sustainability Policy innovation Post LA21 |
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Indirect observation Innovation diffusion Local Agenda 21 Local sustainability Policy innovation Post LA21 |
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Local Agenda 21 (LA21) emerged 23 years ago as a voluntary policy innovation for local governments aiming at sustainability and has now completed its lifecycle. We aim at a second look at LA21 from the standpoint of the institutional and innovation diffusion theories and with Portugal as case study. Results show a three moment lifecycle for LA21, each with distinct diffusion patterns. The Dawn, stymied by lack of regional and national leadership, was likely fuelled by a learning mechanism. It lasted 10 years and involved a mere 1% of the potential adopters. The Zenith took place when other countries had already come full circle. During this phase 27% of the local governments became active and both coercion and competition stand out as relevant engines. Twilight, most probably powered through coercion, competition and imitation mechanisms, took LA21 to a steady state with an additional 19% of local governments enrolling. Since then LA21 has shown departures in several different directions, including oblivion. We speculate, based on preliminary data that, although most LA21 are no longer active, a durable setting was created that promotes further innovation and public participation. |
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