Environmental Policy in Europe: The Europeanization of National Environmental Policy

by Jordan,Andrew J.

• ISBN13: 9780415339414
• ISBN10: 0415339413
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The continuing development of the European Union (EU) is transforming policy and politics in its member countries, and possibly in an even larger number of potential members. This book offers a detailed investigation of the Europeanization of national environmental policy in ten Western European countries since 1970. By blending state-of-the-art theories with fresh empirical material on the many manifestations of Europeanization, it sheds new light on the dynamics that are decisively reshaping national environmental policy. It also offers an original assessment of how far Europeanization has produced greater policy convergence in Western Europe. Throughout, the approach taken is genuinely comparative, drawing on the insights provided by leading country specialists. The country studies powerfully demonstrate that every single state has been Europeanized to some extent. However, the overall pattern of domestic change is highly variegated with some aspects of national policy converging more substantiallythan others. The book shows that the EU's primary contribution has been to add sharpness and a greater sense of urgency to the policy convergence that would probably have occurred anyway. By combining cutting-edge accounts of national policy developments with a fresh perspective on the theoretical debate about Europeanization, this book has much to offer students and scholars alike.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	xi
List of contributors	xii
Foreword	xiii
Caroline Jackson
Preface and acknowledgements	xv
Abbreviations and acronyms	xvii
The Europeanization of national environmental policy	1	(14)
Andrew Jordan
Duncan Liefferink
Europeanization and policy convergence: a basis for comparative analysis	15	(17)
Duncan Liefferink
Andrew Jordan
Measuring Europeanization and policy convergence: national baseline conditions	32	(15)
Duncan Liefferink
Andrew Jordan
Austria: inducing a philosophy of `no unnecessary efforts'	47	(17)
Volkmar Lauber
Finland: a realistic pragmatist	64	(17)
Rauno Sairinen
Arto Lindholm
France: getting between the vertical	81	(18)
Henry Buller
Germany: from environmental leadership to partial mismatch	99	(19)
Rudiger K. W. Wurzel
Ireland: the triumph of policy style over substance	118	(18)
Brendan Flynn
The Netherlands: the advantages of being `Mr Average'	136	(18)
Duncan Liefferink
Marielle Van Der Zouwen
Norway: top down Europeanization by fax	154	(18)
Eivind Hovden
Spain: old habits die hard	172	(17)
Susana Aguilar Fernandez
Sweden: reluctant but environmentally ambitious	189	(16)
Annica Kronsell
The United Kingdom: from policy `taking' to policy `shaping'	205	(19)
Andrew Jordan
Europeanization and convergence: comparative conclusions	224	(23)
Andrew Jordan
Duncan Liefferink
Index	247