1st Edition

British Politics and the Environment

By John McCormick Copyright 1991
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

Britain has an immense range of environmental law and the reputation for largely ignoring it. John McCormick describes the fascinating story of the political growth of that law, and the pressures, the compromises, the parliamentary and civil service opportunism that allowed the edifice to grow over the greater part of a century. He tells the story of the absolute change in political climate over... Read more
Introduction 1. Environmental Policy in Britain 2. The Environmental Lobby 3. Thatcherism and the Environment 4. Environmental Groups and the Countryside 5. Privatization and Pollution 6. The New Green Society 7. The Environment and the European Community 8. The Changing Environmental Lobby 9. Environmental Politics in Britain Notes Index

Biography

John McCormick