1st Edition
EU Environmental Policies in Subnational Regions The Case of Scotland and Bavaria
By Antje C.K. Brown
Copyright 2001
262 Pages
by
Routledge
This title was first published in 2001: Despite the fact that environmental directives are one of the strongest areas of policy decreed by the EU, it has a much poorer record when it comes to actual implementation of these policies. Instead of focusing on the traditional state-centrist accounts, this book compares two subnational regions within the EU, Scotland and Bavaria, and their role in the... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Towards a multi-layered implementation map; Environmental politics and policy in the EU; Environmental politics and policy in the UK and Germany; Environmental politics and policy in Scotland and Bavaria; Case study: implementing the EIA directive in Scotland and Bavaria; Conclusion: subnational regions matter in the implementation of EU environmental policies; Bibliography.
Biography
Antje C.K. Brown, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
’This book examines the role of subnational authorities in facilitating or hindering effective implementation of EU environmental policies. Based on extensive field research and case studies, the study offers a rich analysis of why good policies crafted in Brussels so often fail to be implemented on the ground. A helpful implementation map guides the reader through the multi-layered and complex process of EU policy formulation, transposition and implementation. The book will be useful to academics and policy makers interested in environmental policy, implementation studies, or the role of subnational actors more generally.’ Dr Elizabeth Bomberg, Lecturer, Dept of Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK ’The strength of the book is that it addresses a number of debates and that it is of interest beyond the specalist area of the EU Environmental politics.’ Environmental Politics ’...this book [makes] a significant contribution to a better understanding of the implementation deficit and presents a clearer picture of the reality of EU environmental policy.’ European Review of Public Law
