Reber, Ueli; Ingold, Karin; Fischer, Manuel (2023). The role of actors' issue and sector specialization for policy integration in the parliamentary arena: an analysis of Swiss biodiversity policy using text as data. Policy sciences, 56(1), pp. 95-114. Springer 10.1007/s11077-022-09490-2
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The role of the parliamentary arena and members of parliament (MPs) therein for both mainstreaming and cross-sectoral policy integration is largely unknown. Studying the case of Switzerland, this paper analyzes the integration of the biodiversity issue into policies of 20 different policy sectors over a period of 19 years to assess how two specific actor attributes—issue and sector specialization—increase the chances of MPs of engaging in both biodiversity mainstreaming and its cross-sectoral integration. The results based on a comprehensive collection of political documents from the parliamentary arena, and multilevel regression models show that an increase in MPs' sector specialization is associated with both a decrease in mainstreaming and a decrease in cross-sectoral integration activities. By contrast, an increase in issue specialization typically translates into biodiversity-related activity in a larger number of sectors. In the parliamentary arena, therefore, it is primarily a small group of “issue specialists” who take responsibility for the integration of crosscutting issues, such as biodiversity, into critical sectoral policies.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Political Science |
UniBE Contributor: |
Reber, Ueli, Ingold, Karin Mirjam |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science |
ISSN: |
0032-2687 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Ueli Reber |
Date Deposited: |
23 Jan 2023 12:58 |
Last Modified: |
26 Feb 2023 02:14 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s11077-022-09490-2 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/177537 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/177537 |
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