The effectiveness of European union environmental policy /
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| Author / Creator: | Grant, Wyn. |
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| Imprint: | New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000. |
| Description: | x, 237 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4447418 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Making Environmental Policy
- What is environmental policy?
- The development of environmental policy
- What distinguishes environmental policy from other EU policy areas
- Commission services: the environment directorate
- The Council of Ministers
- European Environment Agency
- European Parliament
- European Court of Justice
- Conclusion
- 2. Business and Environmental Interests
- Business influence on European environmental policy
- Environmental groups and EU environmental policy
- Conclusion
- 3. Implementation and Enforcement
- Introduction
- Characteristics of environmental legislation
- Implementation
- Enforcement
- Role of EU institutions in ensuring implementation and enforcement
- Role of member states in ensuring implementation and enforcement
- Co-ordination of implementation and enforcement
- Commission proposals to improve implementation and enforcement
- 4. The EU as an External Actor
- The EU in global affairs
- Theorising the EU in global environmental affairs
- Case studies
- The EU in implicit global environmental politics
- EU environmental policy and globalisation
- Prospects
- 5. The Climate Change Policy of the European Union
- Introduction
- The Carbon Tax fiasco
- Energy efficiency and renewables
- Internal politics
- National policy responses
- Integration with other policy sectors
- Explanations
- Prospects
- 6. Water Policy
- Introduction
- Environmental challenges for EU water policy
- Principles of EU water policy
- Origins of EU water policy
- Water Policy after the First Action Programme on the Environment, 1973
- Revision of water policy after the Frankfurt Ministerial Seminar, 1988
- A new approach to water policy after 1997
- Conclusion
- 7. Air Pollution
- Introduction
- Air pollution and health
- Environmental challenges for European air quality policy
- The Large Combustion Plant Directive
- The political difficulties encountered by mobile source policies
- Technical policy problems
- The evolution of EU policy on air quality
- Auto Oil
- Impact at the member state level
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
