Chapter
2:
Concept
note
• What
images
do
actors
hold
about
aspects
such
as
problem,
causes,
solution,
other
actors
and
developments
in
the
environment
• To
what
degree
do
these
perceptions
differ?
/
What
obstacles
could
be
caused
by
differences
in
perception?
Step
4a
position
of
actors:
a
dependency
analysis
• What
means
do
different
actors
have
at
their
disposal?
(i.e.,
types
of
resources
and
the
significance
of
these
resources
to
other
actors:
financial,
production,
competencies,
knowledge,
legitimacy
resources)
• How
important
are
these
means
and
can
they
be
acquired
elsewhere?
• Is
there
unilateral
or
mutual
dependency?
• Are
actors
critical,
dedicated
and/
or
comparable?
Step
4b
actions
•
•
•
•
•
What
actions
have
they
undertaken?
What
impact
have
these
actions
had?
What
does
the
actor
want
to
achieve
with
regard
to
the
problem
situation?
Why
do
these
actors
pursue
these
objectives
with
regard
to
the
problem
situation?
What
costs
and
benefits
for
the
actor
are
related
to
the
problem
situation
or
the
suggested
directions
of
solutions?
• Strategies:
Go-‐alone/
conflictual/
avoidance/
cooperative/
facilitating
strategies
Step
5
relevant
arenas
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Where
are
the
decisions
made
that
are
important
to
the
initiative/
policy
game
that
is
analyzed?
Who
are
the
most
important
actors
in
the
policy
game
and
what
subsets
can
be
recognized?
Which
actors
interact
in
which
context?
What
decisions
are
made
at
which
locations?
What
are
the
backgrounds
of
the
actors?
What
organizational
arrangements
exist
to
structure
the
interaction
of
these
actors?
How
coherent
are
these
groups
of
actors?
Step
6
identify
and
analyse
stagnation
•
•
•
•
•
Is
there
stagnation
in
the
game?
What
is
the
nature
and
structure
of
the
stagnation?
Which
actors
are
involved
in
the
stagnation?
Are
these
blockages
or
stagnation?
To
what
extent
is
the
stagnation
cognitive
c.q.
social
by
nature?
Step
7
inventory
of
interaction
patterns
of
actors
• Which
actors
interact
frequently
and
which
infrequently?
• Which
actors
have
a
varying
contact
pattern
and
which
do
not?
• Which
actors
are
central
and
peripheral
in
the
network
given
their
contact
pattern?
Step
8
inventory
of
patterns
in
actors’
perceptions
• What
perceptions
do
actors
hold
with
regard
to
problems,
solutions
and
their
environment?
• To
what
degree
do
these
perceptions
correspond
to
those
of
other
actors?
Step
9
inventory
of
institutional
provisions
connecting
parties
• What
formal
rules
and
juridical
procedures
apply?
• What
informal
rules
can
be
distinguished?
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