The politics of military megaprojects: discursive struggles in Canadian and Australian naval shipbuilding strategies

Migone, Andrea; Howlett, Alexander; Howlett, Michael

doi:10.1093/polsoc/puad001

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“…Integrated Impact Assessment is worth pursuing early, which might cover the dimensions of economic viability and financing, environmental and social impacts (Marchand & Brunet, 2019). Institutional and narrative instruments should be used to tackle the inherent complexities of the project and mobilize the main stakeholders, to make them converge until the approval is obtained (Esposito & Terlizzi, 2023; Floricel et al, 2023; Migone et al, 2023). Institutional instruments include laws, regulations, procurement schemes, among others.…”

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New frontiers in delivering public infrastructure

Brunet,

Jobidon

2024

Can Public Adm

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Delivering infrastructure in a timely and efficient manner to provide public value remains challenging despite the theoretical developments that have been made. What do we know that could help to deliver quality and energy‐efficient infrastructure, what are current challenges and how could we overcome them? This State‐of‐the‐Art Review article attempts to uncover underlying themes, including the governance of large infrastructure projects, the importance of innovation and contractual arrangements, and social and environmental acceptability. A current review of major Canadian contributions is offered, and promising research avenues are proposed.

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New frontiers in delivering public infrastructure

Brunet,

Jobidon

2024

Can Public Adm

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Procuring Advanced Weapon Systems and Platforms: Four Types of Procurement Considered

Migone

Howlett²,

Howlett

2023

Procurement and Politics

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Major weapon systems and platforms, by nature, tend to be extremely complex and long-term purchases, incorporating cutting edge technology that is both developmentally complex and very expensive, often only being developed as the platform is built, put into service and updated, as has often been the case with new generations of fighter aircraft and warships. It is also the case with such systems that, like a hydroelectric dam or nuclear reactor, they cannot be acquired piecemeal but must be purchased and constructed all in one piece. This complexity, high costs and the lack of severability of contracts once signed are characteristics of procurement processes that generally trigger hard-fought political battles about costs, benefits and platform choices. The chapter lays out a four-fold categorization of procurement to address these complexities.

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Lessons from Canada for green procurement strategy design

Migone,

Howlett,

Howlett

2024

Discov glob soc

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We derive lessons for green public procurement (GPP) by examining it in the context of Canadian federal government expenditures in several sectors. These show that successful GPP is neither simple nor automatic but requires alignment of green policy visions between payers, purchasers and producers, and the existence of appropriate procurement frameworks to allow this alignment to persist. Attaining and maintaining this alignment longitudinally is especially difficult as priorities, and governments can change over time, ‘de-aligning’ any initial agreement on the merits of the strategy behind ‘strategic procurement’ of any kind. While less acute for short-term procurement, this problem exists for many longer-term green procurement projects and can lead to government attempts to downplay long-term efforts and seek less complex short-term purchases where alignment is easier to establish and maintain but where green efforts may be less impactful. These dynamics are illustrated in the case of green procurement efforts made in Canadian federal programmes including the little-examined but important defence sector.

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The politics of military megaprojects: discursive struggles in Canadian and Australian naval shipbuilding strategies

Cited by 6 publications

References 40 publications

New frontiers in delivering public infrastructure

New frontiers in delivering public infrastructure

Procuring Advanced Weapon Systems and Platforms: Four Types of Procurement Considered

Lessons from Canada for green procurement strategy design

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