Bache, I, Reardon, L, Bartle, I et al. (2 more authors) (2014) Symbolic meta-policy: (not) tackling climate change in the transport sector. Political Studies. 1 - 28. ISSN 0032-3217
Abstract
This paper seeks to understand how the UK government's headline climate change targets are translated into action at the local level in the transport sector drawing on the findings of research in two English regions. In doing so, these headline targets are identified as a symbolic meta-policy that results in little action on the ground and which challenges established conceptions of policy implementation. Both the 'meta' and 'symbolic' aspects of the policy offer part of the explanation for the lack of substantive action on the ground. As a meta-policy, the headline targets across government require the elaboration of other policies at other levels such as targets for government departments and local authorities, but these are largely absent, leaving the meta-policy without teeth. Over time, these headline targets have developed into a symbolic policy, serving political goals but having little practical effectiveness.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2014, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bache, I, Reardon, L, Bartle, I, Flinders, M and Marsden, G (2014) Symbolic meta-policy: (Not) tackling climate change in the transport sector. Political Studies. 1 - 28. ISSN 0032-3217 , which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.12123. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving'. |
Keywords: | Climate change; implementation; meta-governance; symbolic policy; transport |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 May 2014 11:54 |
Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2017 06:46 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.12123 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1467-9248.12123 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:78912 |