当前位置: X-MOL 学术Policy and Society › 论文详情
Our official English website, www.x-mol.net, welcomes your feedback! (Note: you will need to create a separate account there.)
The power of procedural policy tools at the local level: Australian local governments contributing to policy change for major projects
Policy and Society ( IF 5.7 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-30 , DOI: 10.1080/14494035.2021.1955471
Sarah de Vries 1
Affiliation  

As local governments have limited formal powers and less substantive policy instruments at their disposal, they are a particularly rich area for the study of procedural policy tools. This paper examines the role played by procedural policy tools deployed by local governments in Australia around the policy formation for, and approval of, major projects. This research analyses two Australian case studies: the East West Link tunnel in Melbourne, and the Coal Seam Gas projects of Northern New South Wales. Both are examples of major turnarounds in the public policy position of state governments, due to the persistent opposition of potentially impacted communities and their local governments. This paper investigates what local governments did in these two high-profile cases to facilitate advocacy against the proposed projects. It found a rich mixture of procedural policy tools were deployed; from providing information and expertise and supporting community campaigns, to launching their own campaign, staging regular physical protests and forming an advocacy committee. Critical procedural tools that escalated the campaigns against the projects in Northern NSW included a community poll revealing the extent of community opposition to the industry, while in Melbourne, a joint legal action launched by impacted local governments proved decisive. These actions drew into question the legitimacy of the state government’s position in support of the projects, highlighting the power of procedural tools at this level of government.

中文翻译:

地方层面程序性政策工具的力量:澳大利亚地方政府为重大项目的政策变革做出贡献

由于地方政府拥有有限的正式权力和较少的实质性政策工具,它们是研究程序性政策工具的一个特别丰富的领域。本文探讨了澳大利亚地方政府在重大项目的政策制定和批准方面部署的程序性政策工具所发挥的作用。本研究分析了两个澳大利亚案例研究:墨尔本的东西连线隧道和新南威尔士州北部的煤层气项目。由于潜在受影响社区及其地方政府的持续反对,这两者都是州政府公共政策立场发生重大转变的例子。本文调查了地方政府在这两个备受瞩目的案例中为促进对拟议项目的宣传所做的工作。它发现部署了丰富的程序性政策工具;从提供信息和专业知识以及支持社区运动,到发起自己的运动、定期举行身体抗议和组建宣传委员会。在新南威尔士州北部升级针对项目的运动的关键程序工具包括一项社区民意调查,揭示了社区对该行业的反对程度,而在墨尔本,受影响的地方政府发起的一项联合法律行动证明是决定性的。这些行动对州政府支持这些项目的立场的合法性提出了质疑,凸显了这一级政府程序工具的力量。定期举行身体抗议并成立宣传委员会。在新南威尔士州北部升级针对项目的运动的关键程序工具包括一项社区民意调查,揭示了社区对该行业的反对程度,而在墨尔本,受影响的地方政府发起的一项联合法律行动证明是决定性的。这些行动对州政府支持这些项目的立场的合法性提出了质疑,凸显了这一级政府程序工具的力量。定期举行身体抗议并成立宣传委员会。在新南威尔士州北部升级针对项目的运动的关键程序工具包括一项社区民意调查,该民意调查揭示了社区对该行业的反对程度,而在墨尔本,受影响的地方政府发起的一项联合法律行动证明是决定性的。这些行动对州政府支持这些项目的立场的合法性提出了质疑,凸显了这一级政府程序工具的力量。事实证明,受影响的地方政府发起的联合法律行动具有决定性意义。这些行动对州政府支持这些项目的立场的合法性提出了质疑,凸显了这一级政府程序工具的力量。事实证明,受影响的地方政府发起的联合法律行动具有决定性意义。这些行动对州政府支持这些项目的立场的合法性提出了质疑,凸显了这一级政府程序工具的力量。
更新日期:2021-07-30
down
wechat
bug