Policy Sciences ( IF 3.8 ) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 , DOI: 10.1007/s11077-022-09488-w Francesco Sarti
Researchers agree on the importance of policy integration in the analysis of responses to complex problems, yet they often use this concept to indicate integrated policy programmes (IPPs) as opposed to policy integration in practice (as performed by actors). Describing how IPPs are reshaped, while they are being implemented opens new research venues in the study of the policy integration process and its effects. This article theorises the ‘(in)congruent implementation' of IPPs and illustrates its theoretical contribution with the case study of the local implementation of the national ‘Security Decree' in the Italian cities of Bologna and Pesaro. The paper makes a theoretical contribution to the study of the political aspects of policy integration. In particular, it suggests that three factors—the misalignment of state and local policy frames, the incommensurability of different subsystems’ interests, and local politicians’ risk avoidance strategies—might be led to the process of reframing national integrative intentions from the bottom up.
中文翻译:
政策整合博弈?政策整合中产出与实施的一致性
研究人员一致认为政策整合在分析应对复杂问题时的重要性,但他们经常使用这一概念来表示综合政策计划(IPP),而不是实践中的政策整合(由行动者执行)。描述独立发电厂在实施过程中如何重塑,为政策一体化过程及其影响的研究开辟了新的研究场所。本文对 IPP 的“(不)一致实施”进行了理论分析,并通过意大利城市博洛尼亚和佩萨罗当地实施国家“安全法令”的案例研究说明了其理论贡献。本文对政策一体化的政治方面的研究做出了理论贡献。特别是,它表明三个因素——国家和地方政策框架的错位、不同子系统利益的不可通约性以及地方政治家的风险规避策略——可能导致自下而上重构国家一体化意图的过程。