Environmental Policy-making in Britain, Germany And the European Union: The Europeanisatin of Air and Water Pollution Control - Couverture souple

Wurzel, Rüdiger K. W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719073340 ISBN 13 : 9780719073342

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Environmental policy has become an increasingly important area of European Union (EU) policy-making and the source of political conflict between Britain and Germany. This book explains why national conflicts have arisen and how they are resolved at EU level by focusing on the Europeanisation of air and water pollution control in particular.

Wurzel argues that Anglo-German divergences are best explained in terms of ecological vulnerability, economic cost and capacity, political salience and environmental regulatory styles. Focusing on two very important and media-exploitable issues - car emissions and bathing water regulation - this book challenges the conventional wisdom that Britain has shown a clear preference for environmental quality objectives while Germany championed uniform emission limits. Acceptance of the concept of ecological modernisation plays a vital role in the adoption of more progressive environmental standards.
This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6, Clean water and sanitation

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rudiger K.W. Wurzel is Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Studies and Senior Lecturer at the University of Hull where he is Director of the Centre of European Union Studies

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719073340
• ISBN 13: 9780719073342
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible