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Understanding policy learning in regional innovation policies: lessons from the Galician case.
- Source :
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Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences . Mar2019, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p104-118. 15p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The objective of this paper is to analyze how learning happens at regional innovation policies in a multilevel governance framework. We explore the case of Galicia, a region with competencies on innovation policies also affected by two other government levels. Our methodology consisted of in-depth interviews with the persons who bore the major responsibility for innovation policies during last decades. Our findings suggest that the interactions with other government levels are a key channel for policy learning. Sometimes learning is associated with simple imitation of the national level, which might lead to questionable results because neither the previous policy-making trajectory nor the region particularities are taken into account. Other times learning is needed because a new political rationality is imposed. This has been the case of the Smart Specialization strategy in Galicia, which nevertheless was key to enhance social and political participation, a channel for policy learning not used before. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
*LEARNING
*POLICY sciences
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13511610
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 134078413
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2018.1519780