Chapter
2:
Concept
note
2.5
Actor
analysis
framework
(Koppenjan
and
Klijn,
2004)
9
In
summary,
Koppenjan
and
Klijn
(2004)
proposed
to
take
the
following
steps,
which
are
elaborated
in
greater
detail
below
through
a
number
of
guiding
questions:
Step
1:Problem
situation
Step
2:
Inventory
of
actors
Step
3:
Problem
perceptions
Step
4a:
Position
of
actors:
a
dependency
analysis
Step
4b:
Actions
Step
5:
Relevant
arenas
Step
6:
Identify
and
analyse
stagnation
Step
7:
Inventory
of
interaction
patterns
of
actors
Step
8:
Inventory
of
patterns
in
actors’
perceptions
Step
9:
inventory
of
institutional
provisions
connecting
parties
Step
1
problem
situation
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What
does
the
current
situation
look
like?
What
undesirable
consequences
result
from
it?
What
are
considered
the
causes
for
this
situation?
What
is
the
desired
situation?
What
objectives
and
criteria
serve
as
the
foundation
for
this?
What
solutions
and
policy
alternatives
are
pursued?
Step
2
inventory
of
actors
• Which
actors
are
actively
involved
in
the
problem?
• Which
actors
possess
hindrance
or
realization
power,
in
the
sense
that
they
have
authority
or
other
resources
that
play
a
role
in
the
emergence
or
solution
of
the
problem
situation?
• Which
actors
have
the
knowledge,
insights,
and
ideas
that
can
contribute
to
the
enrichment
of
the
problem
formulation,
i.e.
that
can
be
considered
for
the
solutions?
• Which
actors
have
an
interest
in
finding
a
solution
to
the
problem
situation?
Which
actors
can
be
expected
to
be
involved
at
any
particular
moment?
• Which
actors
are
not
likely
to
participate,
but
are
affected
in
some
way
by
the
problem
or
the
approach
to
it?
Step
3
problem
perceptions
• What
standards
do
actors
use
to
access
the
situation?
• What
is
their
perception
of
the
existing
and/
or
expected
situation?
What
is
the
crux
of
the
problem?
To
what
degree
and
in
what
sense
are
there
gaps
in
the
actors’
perception?
How
do
they
determine
these?
• In
their
view,
what
are
the
most
important
causes
of
the
problem
situation?