Exploring the role of the state in the depoliticisation of UK transport policy

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ID6326263
AutoresLouise Reardon (0000-0001-7638-6702, University of Birmingham), George Marsden (0000-0003-3570-2793, University of Leeds), Greg Marsden
Año2020
Volumen48
Número2
Páginas223-240
Fecha de publicación2020-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
EditorialBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557319x15707904263616
OpenAlexW2985376400
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas25

This paper responds to calls for greater empirical investigation of the interrelationships between depoliticisation and repoliticisation processes. It does so by applying the ‘three faces’ (governmental, societal and discursive) organising perspective to a longitudinal analysis of transport policy in the UK. This case is important because acceptance of the current dominant policy solution – infrastructure spending – appears to have come full circle over a 30-year period. The research finds that today’s focus on infrastructure is enabled through intersecting and reinforcing depoliticisation processes, supporting the ‘three faces’ perspective. However, the paper also highlights the need for greater recognition of the state as a meta-governor of depoliticisation and the need for clarity on which aspect of a policy solution or problem (or the connections between them) is being depoliticised and repoliticised to better elucidate politicisation processes

CLARITY · Economics · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Sociology · State (computer science · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration · Urban Planning and Governance