Policy narratives and megaprojects: the case of the Lyon-Turin high-speed railway

[en] This article investigates how policy narratives developed by proponents and opponents of infrastructure megaprojects generate controversies that affect the megaproject implementation. Drawing evidence from the Lyon-Turin high-speed railway, we argue that megaproject implementation is a complex public management endeavour which can hardly be considered a rational, straightforward process. It is rather a non-linear process involving stakeholders with divergent interests and logics of action engaging in a battle over competing narratives to influence implementation outcomes. Institutional settings opened to opponents’ voice in megaproject decision-making facilitate and streamline the resolution of controversies, whereas difficult and conflictual conditions emerge in the opposite case.

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Political science, public administration & international relations
General management, entrepreneurship & organizational theory

Author, co-author :

Esposito, Giovanni ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège : UER > UER Management : Sustainable Strategy

Terlizzi, Andrea; Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. > Institute of Law, Politics and Development (DIRPOLIS)

Crutzen, Nathalie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège : UER > UER Management : Sustainable Strategy

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English

Title :

Policy narratives and megaprojects: the case of the Lyon-Turin high-speed railway

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2022

Journal title :

Public Management Review

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1471-9037

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1471-9045

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Taylor & Francis, United Kingdom

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Pages :

55-79

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