Actors may favour hard policy instruments (i.e. their policy preferences) if they can thus protect the interests (e.g. resources) of 'their' sector, thus in a way protecting 'their' sector and 'their' interests.
I'm looking for literature, especially from the land-use sector, that backs this idea.
Thank you!
Political economy analysis is one approach that investigates the interaction of political and economic processes in a society, for example at the level of the sector, to identify the interests, incentives, power structures and relations that shape policy and practice. Specifically, political economy analysis looks at:
- The power and authority of groups in society, counting the interests they hold and the incentives that drive them, in conducing particular outcomes
- The role that formal and informal institutions play in allocating scarce resources
- The influence that values and ideas, including culture, ideologies, and religion, have on shaping human relations and interaction
Article Political Economy Analysis for Development Effectiveness
I think your interest sounds like what people usually call "social control". In land use, urban planning or zoning may play an important role in achieving some social control functions. For example, it is well known that American zoning tends to keep the poor and minorities away from suburban communities. Yiftachel published several papers on this topic. One of my paper also deals with this topic. It is entitled "An institutional analysis of urban planning as an instrument of social control: the case of China" and can be downloaded from ResearchGate.
The following work may help you.
Michael Howlett, Governance Modes, Policy Regimes and Operational Plans: A Multi-Level Nested Model of Policy Instrument Choice and Policy Design
Policy Sciences, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Feb., 2009), pp. 73-89.
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