Abstract
The focus of this article is on organisations, and the question it deals with is how the Danish
Ministry of Transport has handled the requirement of integrating environmental concerns into its transport
policy. Answering that question has necessitated a study focusing on organisational aspects of the
ministry and its interaction with the Ministry of Environment. Neo-institutional theory is applied.
Methodologically, historical analyses and case studies of concrete processes are carried through. The article
concludes that several organisational barriers exist to integrating environmental concerns into transport
policy. Hence, an understanding in the Ministry of Transport after which transport policy mainly deals
with satisfying the demand for transport, sub-sectorizing of the ministry, and barriers found in the
interplay between the Ministries of Transport and Environment. Organisational potentials are also
found. The article shows that it is necessary to extend the debate about the integration principle, so that it
also covers how sector ministries – which the integration principle makes into important actors – are
enabled to contribute to changes in sector policies.
Keyword: Environmental policy integration, transport, Ministry of Transport, ministerial interaction, neo institutional theory
Keyword: Environmental policy integration, transport, Ministry of Transport, ministerial interaction, neo institutional theory
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 2 |
ISSN | 1602-2297 |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |