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Research Article
From government strategies to strategic public management: an exploratory outlook on the pursuit of cross-sectoral policy integration
Article first published online: 18 MAY 2007
DOI: 10.1002/eet.452
Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment
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European Environment
Special Issue: Sustainable Development Strategies in Europe: Taking Stock 20 years after the Brundtland Report; Edited by R. Steurer and A. Martinuzzi, Research Institute for Managing Sustainability (RIMAS), Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria
Volume 17, Issue 3, pages 201–214, May/June 2007
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How to Cite
Steurer, R. (2007), From government strategies to strategic public management: an exploratory outlook on the pursuit of cross-sectoral policy integration. Eur. Env., 17: 201–214. doi: 10.1002/eet.452
Publication History
- Issue published online: 18 MAY 2007
- Article first published online: 18 MAY 2007
- Manuscript Accepted: 17 MAR 2007
- Manuscript Revised: 25 JAN 2007
- Manuscript Received: 2 OCT 2006
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Keywords:
- government strategies;
- public administration;
- strategic management;
- public management;
- administrative policy;
- governance;
- sustainable development;
- sustainable development strategy;
- environmental planning;
- environmental policy integration (EPI);
- policy integration
Abstract
This paper discusses how public administrations handle cross-sectoral government strategies such as those on sustainable development (SD), and how this could (or should) change in the future. It puts SD strategies and their key objective of improving the cross-sectoral integration of policies into the wider context of public administration in two respects. In a first step, the paper shows that SD strategies are a progressive step in the protracted debate on planning and strategic management in the public sector. In a second step, however, the paper explores the functioning of specialized public administrations as one explanation for the shortcomings of SD strategies in Europe. Consequently, the paper concludes that SD strategies should be developed further into a tool of strategic public management that helps to adapt administrative approaches to the integrative challenges of SD. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.