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Advocacy Coalitions in Transport Policy: A Case of Rail Sector in Croatia

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  • Poljak Željko

    (Center for Empirical Research in Political Science, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb.; Lepušićeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.)

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The author analyses the transport policy of the rail sector in Croatia and tries to give answers regarding the policy stability and change based on the actors in the rail transport. The aim of the paper is to give an overview of the development of the rail sector in modern Croatia and to explore, in a larger period, the relations and beliefs of all types of actors in this area at the national level. As a theoretical background, the author uses an advocacy coalition framework, which states that policy actors are grouped into coalitions within a policy subsystem in which they advocate their beliefs in order to transfer them into government programs, thus provoking change and stability in the system. The author methodologically uses qualitative content analysis in the form of coding of the collected material based on transcripts of interviews with actors, official documents, and transcript of one parliamentary debate. Following is a review of the historical development of the rail sector in Croatia, with an emphasis on the post-independence Croatia period, which provides a basis for concrete research findings. The results are presented in two units: (1) identified actors and their relations, and (2) beliefs of actors. The follow-up discussion points to the existence of similar patterns of beliefs among the actors at the national level. However, the empirical material collected does not establish clear relationships that could be classified as an advocacy coalition. In conclusion, the author argues that the coded material does not give away any importance of the coalitions of actors at the national level for policy stability and change of rail sector leading to recommendations for further research in this area, where other transport sectors should be included as well as international actors.

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  • Poljak Željko, 2018. "Advocacy Coalitions in Transport Policy: A Case of Rail Sector in Croatia," Central European Journal of Public Policy, Sciendo, vol. 12(1), pages 41-56, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:cejopp:v:12:y:2018:i:1:p:41-56:n:2
    DOI: 10.2478/cejpp-2018-0002
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