Making Tracks

The Politics of Local Rail Transport

Iain Docherty (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

328 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
9781138324701 (ISBN)

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First published in 1999, this book contains case studies of rail transport policy-making in two UK Passenger Transport Authority areas and reviews the factors informing such policy-making. It contributes to transport geography by explaining why the actual policies implemented in Starthclyde and Merseyside were pursued, and to the continuing development of the political science theory of ‘the urban policy regime’ by analysing the differences in policy development attributable to the different ‘city-regional’ (Strathclyde) and ‘public choice’ (Merseyside) geographical structures of local governance. The book demonstrates that these differences in the spatial organisation of local institutions play a powerful role in determining the operation of the local ‘regime’ of policy-makers, the form of final policy outputs, and the level of public accountability achieved.

Iain Docherty

1. Introduction. 2. The Urban Transportation Problem. 3. Theory and Practice in Local Governance. 4. Local Governance and Rail Transport in the Study Areas. 5. Perceptions of Policy-making. 6. Major Development Opportunities in Strathclyde. 8. Major Development Opportunities in Merseyside. 9. Incremental Development Opportunities in Merseyside. 10. Conclusions: Impacts on Policy-making.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.07.2020
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 219 mm
Gewicht	630 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-13	9781138324701 / 9781138324701
Zustand	Neuware