Journal article
Policy Coherence for Sustainable Agricultural Development: Uncovering Prospects and Pretence within the Swedish Policy for Global Development
Development Policy Review, Vol.31(6), pp.757-776
2013
Abstract
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.
Details
- 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, SwedenNeil 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; 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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