TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rademann,Jenny
TI  - On Track or Off The Rails?: Intra-ministerial decision-making in transport infrastructure planning
SN  - gup2022-1906
PY  - 2022///
PB  - Universitätsverlag Göttingen
KW  - Society & social sciences
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Intra-ministerial decision-making
KW  - planning
KW  - transport infrastructure
N1  - Open Access
N2  - In order to achieve a transition from a transport system centred on the individual car to one centred on (electrified) rail a new focus in infrastructure planning is needed. The preparation of project proposals for the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 on the sub-national level in Germany provides an opportunity to study decision-making processes in ministries and compare their respective results in this respect.  Using document analysis, expert interviews, qualitative content analysis as well as QCA, this thesis in political science analyses how decision-making processes within bureaucracies impact the decision output in transport infrastructure planning. It contributes to the discussion on bureaucracy-politics interactions that is relevant beyond the German case.  One result is that ministries tend to use complex decision-making processes for topics deemed salient as long as the available capacity permits it. Consequently, in order to conduct legitimacy-enhancing steps - such as public participation - a well-funded bureaucracy is indispensable
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/8b98c059-7c14-4acd-9f80-80a363f15afb/rademann.pdf
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53779
ER  -