Contents

List of boxes, tables and figures

Preface

List of abbreviations

1 Introduction and historical overview: the establishment of environmental policy as a European policy domain

2 Patterns of regulation

3 Central institutions and actors

4 Political processes and decision-making procedures

5 Typical interest constellations and patterns of interaction

6 Making EU environmental policy in practice: three case studies

7 Implementation effectiveness of EU environmental policy

8 Strategies to improve implementation effectiveness: ‘new’ environmental policy instruments as a panacea?

9 The implementation of EU environmental policy in the UK, France, Germany and Spain

10 Taking stock: the environmental problem-solving capacity of the EU

11 Conclusions

References

Index

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