The Role of Legislative Policy Entrepreneurs in Bridging the Digital Gaps for Immigrants in Host Communities Amidst Global Health Crises

Abstract

AbstractPolicy analysts and political scientists have long been interested in the essential roles of policy entrepreneurs in influencing local and foreign policies amid major global health crises and how these policies impact minority populations. Researchers from several disciplines are continually examining and assessing the implications of policy entrepreneurs as change agents in agenda-setting, reshaping, reforming, and pushing both domestic and international policies and their effects on immigrants and minorities. The primary emphasis of this research is on the involvement of policy entrepreneurs in shaping agenda-setting and creating central narratives amid global health crises in the twentieth century. Policy analysts argue that legislative policy entrepreneurs (LPE) exploited the periodic global health crises of the twentieth century to promote politically motivated measures that increased the marginalization of immigrants and minority populations. In this research paper, I present the theoretical underpinnings of policy entrepreneurship and its function as change agents in policy design and implementation. Following that, I examine and evaluate current literature and research on policy entrepreneurs and their strategic behaviors. Following that, I integrate various studies on the role of policy entrepreneurs in changing immigration policies amid global health crises. Finally, I highlight research gaps in the changing nature of immigration policy amid global health crises and their profound impacts on minority populations.KeywordsReducing digital inequityMinority populationsAccess to smart educationPolicy entrepreneursGlobal health crises