Environmental governance in Europe : a comparative analysis of new environmental policy instruments / Rudiger K.W. Wurzel, Anthony R. Zito, Andrew J. Jordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wurzel, Rüdiger K. W.

Contributor:

Zito, Anthony R.

Jordan, Andrew J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Europe.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

European governance has witnessed dramatic changes in recent decades. By assessing the use of 'new' environmental policy instruments in European Union countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria, this timely book analyses whether traditional forms of top-down government have given way to less hierarchical governance instruments, which rely strongly on societal self-steering and/or market forces. The authors provide important new theoretical insights as well as fresh empirical detail on why, and in what form, these instruments are being adopted within and across

Contents:

CONTENTS; List of figures and tables; List of abbreviations; Preface; PART I INTRODUCTION; 1. Environmental policy: from government to governance?; PART II CONTEXT; 2. Governing by policy instruments: theories and analytical concepts; 3 Changing institutional contexts for the use of policy instruments; PART III GOVERNING BY NEW INSTRUMENTS; 4. Governing by informational means; 5 Governing by voluntary means; 6 Governing by eco-taxes; 7 Governing by emissions trading; PART IV EMERGING PATTERNS OF GOVERNING; 8. Changing patterns of environmental policy instrument use

9 Out with the 'old' and in with the 'new'? Governing with policy instrumentsBibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 27, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-84980-472-9

OCLC:

845375064