Is Governing Capacity Undermined? Policy Instruments in Smart Mobility Futures
ISBN: 978-1-83982-651-1, eISBN: 978-1-83982-650-4
Publication date: 13 August 2020
Abstract
The aim of this chapter is to analyse how the governing capacity of current policy instruments might be affected in futures of smart mobility. In order to explore this issue, the authors make use of the so-called NATO (nodality, authority, treasure, organisation) framework for analysing two contrasting scenarios. The analyses show that the overall governing capacity of many of the policy instruments is strengthened or maintained in both of the scenarios. However, the governing capacity of some policy instruments is reduced, and some seem to need calibration, not least because authorities’ access to and control over data are under question. Future governing capacity hinges on access to data, although all resources are, in one way or another, affected.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Sweden’s innovation agency, Vinnova for funding the research behind this chapter. We also want to thank the other authors of this book for fruitful comments on a previous version of this chapter. The chapter is adapted from a report written in Swedish (Wallsten et al., 2019), that greatly benefitted from comments by Anna Wildt-Persson (The Swedish Transport Administration) and Anna Pernestål (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden).
Citation
Wallsten, A., Sørensen, C.H., Paulsson, A. and Hultén, J. (2020), "Is Governing Capacity Undermined? Policy Instruments in Smart Mobility Futures", Paulsson, A. and Sørensen, C.H. (Ed.) Shaping Smart Mobility Futures: Governance and Policy Instruments in times of Sustainability Transitions, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 153-168. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-650-420201009
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