LEADER 02202nam 2200361z- 450 001 9910563085003321 005 20220408 024 7 $a10.17875/gup2022-1906 035 $a(CKB)5580000000302139 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/80653 035 $a(oapen)doab80653 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000302139 100 $a20202204d2022 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aOn Track or Off The Rails?$eIntra-ministerial decision-making in transport infrastructure planning 210 $cUniversita?tsverlag Go?ttingen$d2022 215 $a1 online resource 311 08$a3-86395-534-X 330 $aIn order to achieve a transition from a transport system centred on the individual car to one centred on (electrified) rail a new focus in infrastructure planning is needed. The preparation of project proposals for the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 on the sub-national level in Germany provides an opportunity to study decision-making processes in ministries and compare their respective results in this respect. Using document analysis, expert interviews, qualitative content analysis as well as QCA, this thesis in political science analyses how decision-making processes within bureaucracies impact the decision output in transport infrastructure planning. It contributes to the discussion on bureaucracy-politics interactions that is relevant beyond the German case. One result is that ministries tend to use complex decision-making processes for topics deemed salient as long as the available capacity permits it. Consequently, in order to conduct legitimacy-enhancing steps - such as public participation - a well-funded bureaucracy is indispensable. 606 $aSociety & social sciences$2bicssc 610 $aIntra-ministerial decision-making 610 $aplanning 610 $atransport infrastructure 615 7$aSociety & social sciences 700 $aRademann$b Jenny$4auth$01242476 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910563085003321 996 $aOn Track or Off The Rails$92882128 997 $aUNINA