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Policy Networks and Industrial Revitalization: High Speed Rail Initiatives in France and Germany

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  • Dunn, James A.
  • Perl, Anthony

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Using Atkinson and Coleman's typology of policy networks, this article shows how many of the differences in policy outcomes can be traced to the structure of the policy environment in each nation. French and Germany policy makers adopted a strategy of investing in high speed passenger transport to revitalize their declining railway sectors. The French TGV was developed in a state-directed policy network which insisted on cost containment and commercial viability. In Germany a corporatist style of policymaking in the rail sector led to delays and higher costs for the ICE train. A separate clientele pluralist network led by the Research Ministry developed the Transrapid maglev option, but in order to finance and deploy an operational system, the Chancellor and cabinet had to create a concertation network. The policy network approach provides a useful framework for conducting comparative analysis. In addition, these detailed cases suggest that it is useful to add a dynamic, cross-temporal dimension to the static typology.

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  • Dunn, James A. & Perl, Anthony, 1994. "Policy Networks and Industrial Revitalization: High Speed Rail Initiatives in France and Germany," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(3), pages 311-343, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:jnlpup:v:14:y:1994:i:03:p:311-343_00
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    1. Germà Bel, 2011. "Infrastructure and nation building: The regulation and financing of network transportation infrastructures in Spain (1720--2010)," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(5), pages 688-705, August.
    2. Riccardo Mercurio & Paolo Canonico & Mario Pezzillo Iacono, 2012. "Organizing mobility as an infrastructure for development," Chapters, in: Peter Karl Kresl & Daniele Ietri (ed.), European Cities and Global Competitiveness, chapter 14, pages 259-273, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    3. Perl, Anthony, 2012. "Assessing the recent reformulation of United States passenger rail policy," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 271-281.
    4. Perl, Anthony D. & Goetz, Andrew R., 2015. "Corridors, hybrids and networks: three global development strategies for high speed rail," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 134-144.
    5. Mark Thatcher, 1998. "The Development of Policy Network Analyses," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 10(4), pages 389-416, October.

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