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Policy Capacity for Climate Change in C anada's Transportation Sector
Author(s) -
Newman Joshua,
Perl Anthony,
Wellstead Adam,
McNutt Kathleen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/ropr.12001
Subject(s) - policy analysis , climate change , government (linguistics) , macro , business , policy studies , regional science , public policy , public administration , economics , political science , computer science , economic growth , sociology , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , biology , programming language
When pursuing change, legacies of policy goals and instruments from an established paradigm often present constraints on fully embracing a newer paradigm, resulting in the layering of new policy goals and instruments on top of the existing base. In this article, we investigate the effect of layered paradigms on policy capacity at three different levels of policy making in the C anadian transportation sector. Using analysis of government publications and budget data, virtual policy network analysis, quantitative analysis of data from a survey of C anadian policy analysts, and direct interviews with policy managers in two provinces, we demonstrate how this layering of legacy goals (and consequent policy in capacity) is occurring at the macro, meso, and micro levels of policy making. We conclude that the layering of a new policy paradigm for climate change on top of the established paradigm for transportation development constrains policy capacity in this subsystem.