Regional rail planning; a study of the importance of ‘steering’ and ‘pragmatism’ in stakeholder networks

• Published in: European management journal Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 616 - 624
• Main Authors: Shepherd, Richard K., Pryke, Stephen D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2014; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Acceptances; Area planning & development; Conflict resolution; Discourse analysis; Dispute settlement; Investigation; Islands; Planners; Planning; Policy networks; Pragmatism; Public policy; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Railways; Regional planning; Scotland; SNA with semi-structured interviews; Social network analysis; Social networks; Social policy; Stakeholder; Steering; Strategic management; Transportation policy; Western Europe; United Kingdom > UK; Scotland; SNA with semi-structured interviews; Strategic management; Social network analysis; Steering; Railways; Pragmatism; Regional planning; Policy networks

•One regional planning region with a dense social network was studied.•Importance of communicative discourse, steering and environment is examined.•Key actors exhibited steering and emphasised pragmatism and trust in conflicts.•Core networks of key actors found more likely in sparsely populated area...