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Fueling green connections: Networked policy instrument choices for sustainability regulation

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This paper presents a policy network analysis study that examines policy subsystem interconnectedness and cohesion, to explore three constituent regulatory policy instruments that have a combined impact on governing sustainability. The network surrounding the environmental sustainability of biodiesel policy in Indonesia is marked by high interconnectedness and relatively weaker cohesion, properties that impact how policy solutions are formulated through policy actor interactions and define prevailing policy formulation styles. Using primary policy network data on 46 organizations and the review of national regulations, laws, and directives, this paper tests established hypotheses on how instruments that are formulated within the same policy subsystem, share similar characteristics. While overall network interconnectedness and cohesion are important first indicators of policy instrument selection in the literature on policy design, this article recommends also including an examination of network centrality and the characteristics of dominant central actors who are in favorable positions to design policies, to better accommodate for different policy formulation styles. Este documento presenta un estudio de análisis de red de políticas que examina la interconexión y cohesión de los subsistemas de políticas, para explorar tres instrumentos de políticas regulatorias constituyentes que tienen un impacto combinado en la gobernanza de la sostenibilidad. La red que rodea la sustentabilidad ambiental de la política de biodiesel en Indonesia está marcada por una alta interconexión y una cohesión relativamente más débil, propiedades que afectan la forma en que se formulan las soluciones políticas a través de las interacciones de los actores políticos y definen los estilos de formulación de políticas predominantes. Usando datos primarios de la red de políticas sobre 46 organizaciones y la revisión de regulaciones, leyes y directivas nacionales, este documento prueba hipótesis establecidas sobre cómo los instrumentos que se formulan dentro del mismo subsistema de políticas comparten características similares. Si bien la interconexión y cohesión general de la red son importantes primeros indicadores de la selección de instrumentos de política en la literatura sobre diseño de políticas, este artículo recomienda incluir también un examen de la centralidad de la red y las características de los actores centrales dominantes que están en posiciones favorables para diseñar políticas, para adaptarse mejor para diferentes estilos de formulación de políticas. 本文提出一项政策网络分析研究, 对政策子系统的互联性和凝聚力加以分析, 以探究对治理可持续性产生综合影响的三种监管政策工具。围绕印度尼西亚生物柴油政策的环境可持续性的网络以高度互联性和相对较弱的凝聚力为特征, 这些特征会影响政策解决方案如何通过政策行动者的相互影响而形成, 并定义普遍的政策制定风格。通过使用关于46个组织的政策网络的原始数据, 并审视国家规制、法律及指令, 本文检验了一系列假设, 后者有关于同一政策子系统内制定的工具如何具有相似特征。尽管整体的网络互联性和凝聚力是政策设计文献中政策工具选择的首要指标, 但本文建议对网络中心性和占主导地位的中心行动者(能帮助设计政策)的特征加以分析, 以更好地适应不同的政策制定风格。

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  • Ishani Mukherjee, 2022. "Fueling green connections: Networked policy instrument choices for sustainability regulation," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 39(5), pages 602-631, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:39:y:2022:i:5:p:602-631
    DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12479
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