Reardon, L and Marsden, G orcid.org/0000-0003-3570-2793 (2020) Exploring the role of the state in the depoliticisation of UK transport policy. Policy and Politics, 48 (2). pp. 223-240. ISSN 0305-5736
Abstract
This paper responds to calls for greater empirical investigation of the interrelationships between depoliticisation and repoliticisation processes. It does so by applying the ‘three faces’ (governmental, societal and discursive) organising perspective to a longitudinal analysis of transport policy in the UK. This case is important because acceptance of the current dominant policy solution ‐ infrastructure spending ‐ appears to have come full circle over a 30-year period. The research finds that today’s focus on infrastructure is enabled through intersecting and reinforcing depoliticisation processes, supporting the ‘three faces’ perspective. However, the paper also highlights the need for greater recognition of the state as a meta-governor of depoliticisation and the need for clarity on which aspect of a policy solution or problem (or the connections between them) is being depoliticised and repoliticised to better elucidate politicisation processes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Policy Press 2020. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Policy & Politics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | depoliticisation; governance; meta-governance; policy solutions; repoliticisation; state; transport policy |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Sustainable Transport Policy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number RCUK (Research Councils UK) EP/K011723/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2019 12:54 |
Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2020 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | The Policy Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1332/030557319X15707904263616 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:152658 |