The Role of Organizational Identities for Policy Integration Processes – Managing Sustainable Transport Development

Linnea Eriksson ()
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Linnea Eriksson: Linköping University

Public Organization Review, 2017, vol. 17, issue 4, No 4, 525-544

Abstract: Abstract Sustainable transport development is a complex, but necessary issue to manage if the use of fossil energy will decrease and transportation become more energy-efficient and environmental friendly. The contemporary public organization is organized into policy sectors and tiers of government, but the issue of sustainability is not confined to one single sector or level, it transcends all these traditional boundaries. To address this complexity policy integration has been suggested as a way for public organizations to open up the sectoral and vertical boundaries in policymaking. This paper discusses a case study of a political committee on the regional level in Sweden, which has been formed for integrated policymaking between sectors and local and regional authorities to manage sustainable transport development. The analysis of the case shows that vertical and sectoral integration are dependent processes and that the relation between different organizational identities either strengthens or undermine them. Vertical integration is not resulting in sectoral integration, rather it works prohibiting against sectoral integration.

Keywords: Organizational identity; Policy integration; Sustainable transport policy; Regional governance; Sweden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s11115-016-0348-0

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