Ska vi inte ta och utrota hemlösheten? En studie om policyentreprenörers betydelse vid lanseringen av en ny policy

Sammanfattning: The number of people that are categorized as being homeless in the Swedish society are increasing. This might be an indication that the methods being used today shows not to be working efficient enough. A group of researchers connected to the University of Lund are now in a process to spread new workingmethods against the problems with homelessness in Sweden. Their goal is to completely erase homelessness as a social problem. This new method of working is distinctively different from the one currently beeing used. The main idea is that a person is to be given a place to live before any other efforts and treatments are being given to them. Because of the differences between the models there is a need of inspiering and committed people with knowledge about issues avolving homeless people and the problems that comes with being homeless. In this essay we have chosen to focus on these inspiering people and what their drive to spread social inventions might evolve in. Often there is a strong case of following the path of the work that has always been used wich is familiar. This often leads to a struggle for the policyentrepreneurs in which they have to persuade the public to try a new solution to the problem. The personal connections an entrepreneur has plays an important part in the process of spreading the word about a new policy. Preservation and a set mind is required of an entrepreneur.