As policy actors inside the closed policy network, they are capable of capturing or even creating political opportunities to gain support from other policy actors.
First, it emphasizes collective action over decisions of individual policy actors.
Their main argument is that participatory processes will bring policy actors together.
Policy innovation is a complicated political process that involves various interactions among different policy actors.
Seen from a policy perspective, this could offer advantages of alliances with traditional policy actors.
Studies indicate a local turn in integration policies, with local governments becoming important integration policy actors.
However, the influence of media on the policy debate was rather indirect, in that policy actors mostly reacted to the messages from other policy actors reported in the media and to a lesser extent to the media coverage itself.
It analyzes the most prominent views and storylines around key REDD+ design features among policy actors and in policy documents.
However, little is known about these policy actors – their aims, scope, organisational structure, or the purpose of their engagement.
However, the policy actors who exert an impact in the policy process are not confined to the local leaders.
This study is based on interviews with households, business actors (utility service, retailer, maintenance firm) and policy actors.
