Environment and the Nation-state
Netherlands, the European Union and Acid Rain
Published on 17. October 1996
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7190-4924-8 (ISBN)
Description
With the European Union's increasing powers its environmental legislation has grown rapidly. This study investigates the dynamics of the "Europeanization" of environmental policy and concludes that the domestic environmantal policies of relatively "green" member States are actually hardly affected. The text focuses on policy making in the field of air pollution and acidification between the (former) European Community and one Member State, the Netherlands. Included in the text is a concise history of EC environmental policy, an explanation of the theories of sovereignty, European integration and power-dependance, and final commentary on the future of environmental policy in the European Union.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-4924-8 (9780719049248)
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Content
Introduction - environmental policy in the European community. Part 1 A theoretical framework; theories of sovereignty and European integration; towards an analytical framework - power-dependance in the EC policy system. Part 2 Case study - acidification policy in the European community and in the Netherlands - an introduction to the case study; air pollution policy in the 1970s - air quality and sulpher content of fuels; acidification policy in the 1980s - the "clean" car; acidification in the 1980s - industrial emissions; a case of non-policy at the EC level - ammonia from agriculture. Part 3 Analysis and conclusions: environmental policy between the member states and the European community - an assessment of the findings. Epilogue: constants and shifts in the EC environmental policy making.