Policy Coherence for Sustainable Agricultural Development: Uncovering Prospects and Pretence within the Swedish Policy for Global Development

Rasmus K Larsen; Neil Powell

doi:10.1111/dpr.12034

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Policy Coherence for Sustainable Agricultural Development: Uncovering Prospects and Pretence within the Swedish Policy for Global Development

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Policy Coherence for Sustainable Agricultural Development: Uncovering Prospects and Pretence within the Swedish Policy for Global Development

Rasmus K Larsen and Neil Powell

Development Policy Review, Vol.31(6), pp.757-776

2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12034

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policy coherence

agriculture

institutions

stakeholders

legitimacy

Within the European Union, promotion of 'policy coherence' is intended to improve co-ordination across sectors and groups of professionals, who make competing claims for agricultural development in low-income countries. This article examines the prospects for stakeholders in Sweden to implement such a policy, drawing on experiences from the launch of a national multi-stakeholder platform with the participation of 99 organisations. Its findings demonstrate institutional fragmentation and struggles for legitimacy, with the internationally heralded Swedish Policy for Global Development operated largely as a tokenistic instrument, legitimised by the pretence of stakeholder engagement. It argues for improved institutional support to facilitate cross-sectoral dialogues to deconstruct social boundaries which are no longer relevant.

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Title: Policy Coherence for Sustainable Agricultural Development: Uncovering Prospects and Pretence within the Swedish Policy for Global Development
Authors: Rasmus K Larsen (Author) - Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
Neil Powell (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Publication details: Development Policy Review, Vol.31(6), pp.757-776
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2013
DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12034
ISSN: 0950-6764
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99447776702621
Output Type: Journal article

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