Politikfeldanalysen im Naturschutz

Selective policy integration as a strategic modus of coordinating policy sectors: Examples from nature conservation and land-use policies in Germany

Personen: Dr. Christiane Hubo
Schlagworte: nature conservation policy; political strategy; policy sectors; horizontal coordination; environmental policy integration
Projektkurzbeschreibung: Horizontal fragmented structures of politics are a challenge for solving comprehensive and cross-cutting political problems, such as the protection of biological diversity or sustainable development that require the coordination of sector policies. Until now little attention has been given to its strategic dimension. Assuming that the strategic dimension of sector coordination has the power to explain certain cross-sector policy outcomes the project develops a model for analysing this relation and exemplifies it by the cross-sector policy on invasive alien species. The developed model combines options for substantive change with a power analysis. The case study shows, that policy output ofcoordination processes can be explained as dependent on the strategic use of power resources. Specifically, the most important power resource of the nature conservation sector is regulatory power but its successful application needs alliances. If this support is not accessible, success can achieved too by making use of informational resources. The model can also be applied for developing promising sector strategies and for evaluating strategies in the frame of coordinating sector policies.
Finanzierung: Eigenmittel
Laufzeit: April 2013 - September 2013
Status: abgeschlossen