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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780314703321

Titolo

Environmental policy integration : greening sectoral policies in Europe / / edited by Andrea Lenschow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan Publications, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-56644-9

1-280-47636-2

1-84977-123-5

1-136-56645-7

9786610476367

600-00-0312-9

1-4175-2239-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LenschowAndrea

Disciplina

363.7/056/094

Soggetti

Environmental policy - European Union countries

Environmental protection - European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Environmental Policy Integration; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; About the Contributors; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction; 1. Greening the European Union: An Introduction: Andrea Lenschow; 2. Three Conceptions of the Integration Principle in International Environmental Law: André Nollkaemper; Part II: Country Studies; 3. Efficient Hardware and Light Green Software: Environmental Policy Integration in the UK: Andrew Jordan

4. Environmental Policy Integration as a Political Principle: The German Case and the Implications of European Policy: Edda Müller 5. Environmental Policy Integration in Italy: Is a Green Government Enough? Some Evidence from the Italian Case: Rodolfo Lewanski; Part III: European Union Policy Studies; 6. Integrating European Union Environmental and Agricultural Policy: Henry Buller; 7. Why Does Environmental Policy Integration Fail? The Case of Environmental Taxation for Heavy Goods Vehicles: Christian Hey


8. The Sustainability of Freight Transport Across the Alps: European Union Policy in Controversies on Transit Traffic: Volkmar Lauber 9. European Union Energy Policy in a Changing Climate: Ute Collier; 10. Dynamics in a Multilevel Polity: Greening the European Union Regional and Cohesion Funds: Andrea Lenschow; Part IV: Conclusion; 11. Conclusion: What Are the Bottlenecks and Where Are the Opportunities for Greening the European Union?: Andrea Lenschow; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Integrating environmental policies into the policies of all other sectors is the core European environmental policy. But there has been no thorough investigation of the political process involved. This volume provides the first. It analyses the process of policy integration - the greening of public policy - across the relevant sectors and countries. It finds significant variation from sector to sector and from country to country, and analyses the reasons for this. (Surprisingly the UK, traditionally the 'dirty man' of Europe is far more actively engaged than environmental 'progressives' such