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Exogenous factors in collective policy learning: the case of municipal flood risk governance in the Netherlands
Authors:Douwe L de Voogt  James J Patterson
Institution:1. Faculty of Management, Science and Technology, Open University, Heerlen, Netherlandsdouwe.de.voogt@waternet.nl;3. Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Abstract:ABSTRACT

Conceptualizing and analyzing collective policy learning processes is a major ongoing theoretical and empirical challenge. A key gap concerns the role of exogenous factors, which remains under-theorized in the policy learning literature. In this paper, we aim to advance the understanding of the role that exogenous factors play in collective learning processes. We propose a typology of exogenous factors (i.e. material, socioeconomic, institutional, discursive), and subsequently apply this in a comparative study of flood risk policymaking in two municipalities in the Netherlands. We find that exogenous factors are indeed essential for understanding collective learning in these cases, as the combined influence with endogenous factors can steer similar learning processes towards different learning products. We conclude our contribution by identifying two opportunities for further developing the collective learning framework, namely regarding the distinction of varying learning products, and the dynamics of exogenous factors over time.
Keywords:Environmental governance  water governance  policy change  flood risk management  external factors  subnational governance
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