Governing Metropolitan Transport Institutional Solutions for Policy
This book investigates the link between institutions and public policies with specific reference to transport. It opens by examining the main arguments for the establishment of metropolitan transport authorities. The potential impacts of institutional cha
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Simone Busetti
Governing Metropolitan Transport Institutional Solutions for Policy Problems
SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology PoliMI SpringerBriefs
Editorial Board Barbara Pernici, Milano, Italy Stefano Della Torre, Milano, Italy Bianca M. Colosimo, Milano, Italy Tiziano Faravelli, Milano, Italy Roberto Paolucci, Milano, Italy Silvia Piardi, Milano, Italy
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Simone Busetti
Governing Metropolitan Transport Institutional Solutions for Policy Problems
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Simone Busetti DIG—Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering Politecnico di Milano Milan Italy
ISSN 2191-530X ISSN 2191-5318 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology ISSN 2282-2577 ISSN 2282-2585 (electronic) PoliMI SpringerBriefs ISBN 978-3-319-10658-8 ISBN 978-3-319-10659-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-10659-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014960232 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Preface
Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem. Russell Ackoff
Those who clamour for reforms in government are often quick to propose changes in rules, but how the purported solutions are supposed to work in order to solve policy problems is often unclear. The following pages investigate such ‘instrumental logic’ by analysing the causal relation between institutional solutions and policy problems, the factors characterising change processes, and the kinds of policy effects to be expected from institutional change. The first chapter challenges institutional instrumentality
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