Transport in capitalism : : transport policy as social policy / / Oliver Schwedes.

• Superior document: Sozialtheorie
• VerfasserIn: Schöller-Schwedes, Oliver, 1967-
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld, Germany : : Transcript,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Sozialtheorie
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (235 pages)

Transport is the only sector that has not yet contributed to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. To understand why sustainable transport has not been developed yet, Oliver Schwedes highlights the special features of the transport sector and describes the political conditions for a successful change in transport development. He makes clear that technical innovations alone will not be enough; rather, transport policy must be practised as social policy.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- Introduction -- 1. On the Political Economy of Transport -- 1.1 Division of Labour -- 1.2 Growth -- 1.3 Competition -- 1.4 Acceleration -- 1.5 Alienation -- 1.6 The Consequences of Alienation in Transport Policy -- 1.7 The Structural Interplay between the Economy and Transport -- 2. Discourse Analysis of the Objectives of Transport Policy -- 2.1 On the Importance of Discourses and Guiding Principles for Processes of Social Development -- 2.1.1 Hegemony -- 2.1.2 Guiding Principles (Leitbilder) -- 2.1.3 Critique of Ideology -- 2.2 The Talk of an Integrated Transport Policy -- 2.2.1 A Historical Genealogy of Failure -- 2.2.2 Sustainable Development through Sustainable Growth -- 2.2.3 Sustainable Transport Development through Sustainable Transport Growth -- 2.2.4 Sustainable Transport Growth through Integrated Transport Policy -- 2.2.5 Avoidance versus Decoupling -- 2.3 First Interim Summary - from Healthy Shrinkage to Beautiful Growth -- 3. Actor‐Centred Analysis of the Field of Transport Policy -- 3.1 Practical Transport Policy - The Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan -- 3.1.1 Aspiration -- 3.1.2 Reality -- 3.1.3 The organisational dilemma -- 3.1.4 The Funding Dilemma -- 3.1.5 The Governance Dilemma -- 3.1.6 Summary -- 3.2 The Stakeholders in Transport Policy and their Position in the Field -- 3.2.1 Identifying the Stakeholders in Transport Policy -- Participation of stakeholders in the events and involvement of "silent actors" -- Transport policy activities of individual stakeholders -- 3.2.2 Categorising the Stakeholders -- The Groups of Stakeholders -- Political Interplay -- (Re‑)categorisation of Stakeholders in Transport Policy -- Brief presentation of the distribution of the stakeholders -- 3.2.3 Situating the Stakeholders in the Field of Transport Policy.

The Differentiated Sustainability Triangle -- Programmatic Indicators of the Integrative Sustainability Triangle -- Identified Indicators -- Interim summary -- Visualising the Positions of the Actors -- 3.2.4 Summary -- 3.3 Second Interim Summary - from Guiding Principle to Conundrum -- 4. Case Studies in Transport Policy -- 4.1 German Transport Policy in the Multi‐Tiered Political System -- 4.1.1 Federal Transport Policy - the Example of Deutsche Post AG -- 4.1.2 Transport Policy at the Level of the Federal State - The Example of the Joint Planning Commission Berlin‑Brandenburg -- 4.1.3 Local Transport Policy - The Example of the Research Initiative 'Mobility in Metropolitan Areas' -- 4.2 European Transport Policy -- 4.2.1 Aspirations -- 4.2.2 Reality -- 4.2.3 New Constellations of Actors in European Freight Transport Policy -- 4.2.4 Summary -- 4.3 Third Interim Summary - Camouflage in Transport Policy -- 5. The Great Transformation of the Transport Sector -- 5.1 Placing People at the Centre of Sustainable Transport Development -- 5.2 Breaking with the Growth Paradigm as a Prerequisite for People‑Centred Transport Development -- 5.3 The Common Good as the Starting Point for a New Transport Policy -- 5.3.1 On the Relationship between the Common Good and Transport -- 5.3.2 The Mobility Act -- 5.3.3 Summary -- 5.4 Fourth Interim Summary - It's the Politics, Stupid! -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.