Policy integration: mapping the different concepts

Tosun, Jale; Lang, Achim

doi:10.1080/01442872.2017.1339239

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“…The main issue here is that climate change spans many other policy areas including agriculture, transport and even defence and security (see, e.g. Adelle & Russel, 2013;Fleig et al, 2017;Tosun & Lang, 2017). Thus, even when a particular sector applies its respective standard operating procedures, it does not follow that climate change (as an overarching meta problem) will be adequately addressed.…”

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Over-reaction and under-reaction in climate policy: an institutional analysis

Peters

Jordan

Tosun

2017

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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In what circumstances do organizations react to changes in their operating environment by adopting proportionate policy responses? And drawing on institutional theory, what expectations can we formulate in relation to the proportionality of policy responses to climate change? These two research questions frame this article, which seeks to make new connections between the emerging perspective of proportionality in policymaking and existing institutional theories. We find that institutional theories are well suited to formulating expectations concerning the (dis)proportionality of policy responses, but their explanatory power can be further improved by taking the characteristics of specific climate policy problems into account. While there are many different problems nested in the 'meta' problem of climate change, we find that most of them have characteristics which suggest that policy under-reactions are more, not less likely. Amongst institutional theories, rational choice institutionalism provides the clearest expectation that proportionate policy responses are unlikely. Policy entrepreneurship is identified as one obvious way in which to stimulate proportionate policy responses, through fostering new ways of thinking within organizations. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Recurrencementioning

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Over-reaction and under-reaction in climate policy: an institutional analysis

Peters

Jordan

Tosun

2017

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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“…More renewable energies will contribute to less air pollution (3.9) and energy-saving measures such as cycling can improve the health of individuals (3.4). Improving energy efficiency and increasing renewable energies have mitigating effects on climate change (13). Access to affordable energy gives more time to individuals to go to school or work, thus improving education and employment (8.3, 8.5, and 8.6).…”

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“…The term "policy coherence" is mostly applied in studies of development policy, whereas "policy integration" is predominantly used by studies concentrating on climate and environmental policy, and "nexus" on the alignment of climate change, energy, food, and water policy. [13] The latter often refers to policy domains that have a spatial dimension, for instance, when referring to land use or water resources (e.g., ref. [40]).…”

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Governing the Interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals: Approaches to Attain Policy Integration

2017

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of 2015 form a universal and integrated policy agenda to be realized over the next 15 years. One of the targets is the attainment of policy coherence for sustainable development, which requires the individual goals to become interlinked. This article's main research interest lies in assessing how national governments and their competent ministries interpret and strive to implement the target of policy coherence for sustainable development. Drawing on the Voluntary National Reviews submitted in 2016 and 2017 by six countries, this study shows that at the national level, the links among the different goals and the idea of policy integration are subject to divergent interpretations. The differences observed do not stem from the interlinkages of the SDGs as defined by the United Nations, neither do they result from different levels of income or degree of political centralization. Instead, the respective domestic policy‐making processes are likely to explain the implementation strategies adopted by the individual states. For example, the implementation approach adopted by the government of Turkey suggests that path‐dependency is critical, whereas the Colombian approach consists of defining new policy measures and institutional arrangements.

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“…Following the ideational turn in policy analysis, but also in the literature 1 For reviews of the use of proximate concepts see den Hertog and Stroß (2011) and Tosun and Lang (2017 on policy integration more specifically (e.g., Kurze, 2018;Nilsson & Eckerberg, 2007;Solorio, Bechberger, & Popartan, 2013), we therefore open up the analysis to discursive dynamics prestructuring policy-making through the definition of the prevailing problem to be solved and framing of the very meaning of policy coherence. More generally, this perspective challenges the predominantly functionalist approach to studies of policy coherence placing the emphasis on (predefined) problem solving and pursues a research agenda tracing a path from problem construction to (in this specific light) coherent policy solutions and thus change of policy arenas or policy substance.…”

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