Which of the following can be considered a criticism of collaborative arrangements

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Multi-actor collaborations provide participants power to influence policymaking.

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Collaborations institutional design affects participants’ power to influence policy.

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Loosely integrated and inclusive collaborations provide the most power to influence.

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The presence of elected officials increases participants’ power to influence policy.

Abstract

Collaborative governance is becoming increasingly important as a mode of urban freight policymaking. Bringing together actors from private and public sectors in forums makes it possible to move beyond general discussions of delivery challenges to the innovation of joint solutions and lasting improvements to the freight transport system. For such cross-sector collaborations to function, participants must experience a sense of power to influence policy. The institutional design, i.e., the inclusiveness of the collaboration and the interdependence between the participants, may condition this possibility. Consequently, this article investigates how the institutional design of collaborative arrangements associated with urban freight affects participants’ perceptions of power to influence policymaking. We interviewed 37 participants in three different collaborations in Oslo, Norway. The results indicate that institutional design affects participants’ perceptions of power to influence policymaking. Inclusive collaborations, in which participants are not interdependent, provide participants with the most power to influence policy, rather than exclusive collaborations, in which participants are highly interdependent.

Keywords

Urban freight transport

Policymaking

Collaborative governance

Cross-sector collaboration

Political influence

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