Environmental policy in the European Union / John McCormick.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• McCormick, John, 1954-

Series:

• European Union series (Palgrave (Firm))
• The European Union series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Environmental policy--European Union countries.
• Environmental policy.
• European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xviii, 329 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.

Summary:

This is an accessible but sophisticated introduction to, and analysis of, the increasingly important role of the European Union in environmental policy. The book ranges widely over the emergence and evolution of the EU role in this critical field of policy, the relationship between policies made at the EU and member state levels, and the nature of the environmental policy process. The book ends with in-depth studies of EU activities in key policy areas--from air quality and waste management to global warming--and sums up the successes and failures of EU policy to date.

Contents:

• Part I The Policy Process
• 1 Policy Parameters 17
• What is Environmental Policy? 18
• The Priorities of European Policy 21
• 2 Policy Evolution 41
• Phase I Focus on the Common Market (1957-72) 42
• Phase II The Environmental Revolution (1973-86) 45
• Phase III The EU Establishes Legal Competence (1987-92) 55
• Phase IV Consolidation (1993-) 61
• 3 Policy Principles and Agenda-Setting 69
• The Legal Basis for EU Policy 70
• Policy Principles 75
• Agenda-Setting 86
• 4 Policy Formulation 95
• The European Council 96
• Initiation: The European Commission 98
• The Commission Policy Process 105
• Consultation: The European Parliament and External Actors 111
• 5 Policy Adoption and Implementation 123
• Adoption I The Council of Ministers 124
• Adoption II Parliament 129
• Legitimation and Clarification: The Court of Justice 132
• Implementation: The Commission and the Member States 134
• Preconditions for Successful Implementation 142
• Improving the Quality of Implementation 148
• Part II Policy Outputs
• 6 Chemicals and Waste 155
• Chemicals: The Problem 156
• Chemicals: The Policy Response 158
• Waste: The Problem 165
• Waste: The Policy Response 168
• 7 Air and Water Quality 180
• Air Quality: The Problem 181
• Air Quality: The Policy Response 184
• Water Quality: The Problem 193
• Water Quality: The Policy Response 195
• An Integrated Response to Pollution 205
• 8 Acidification 208
• Acidification: The Problem 209
• Early Policy Responses 212
• The Germans Increase the Pressure 214
• The British Come Around 222
• The Large Combustion Plant Directive 228
• Towards a Strategic Approach to Acidification 232
• 9 Nature and Natural Resources 237
• Biodiversity 238
• Genetically-Modified Organisms 245
• Fisheries 249
• Agriculture 253
• Forestry 254
• Energy 257
• 10 Ozone, Climate Change and the International Dimension 262
• The EU as an International Actor 263
• The Ozone Layer: The Problem 269
• The Ozone Layer: The Policy Response 271
• Climate Change: The Problem 277
• Climate Change: The Policy Response 280
• Appendix Treaty Provisions 300.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-319) and index.

ISBN:

• 0333772032
• 0333772040

OCLC:

45505909