European Union environmental policy and the UK government: A passive observer or a strategic manager?

Fairbrass, Jenny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5292-0720 and Jordan, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-1024 (2001) European Union environmental policy and the UK government: A passive observer or a strategic manager? Environmental Politics, 10 (2). pp. 1-21. ISSN 0964-4016

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Abstract

What role do individual member states play in the continuing development of European Union (EU) environmental policy? Are they capable of successful intervention in the process of joint rule making to maintain their preferred national policies? On the basis of a detailed analysis of EU environmental pollution control measures adopted in the period 1972-86, some observers have argued forcefully that the United Kingdom (UK) Government successfully defended its sovereignty by systematically manipulating national and European political arenas in order to maintain its pre-existing national policies. However, when other aspects of EU environmental policy are analysed over the full policy cycle, the extent of national control appears much more circumscribed. A comparison of UK Government aims with long-term political outcomes in the sphere of EU biodiversity policy (c. 1970-2000) reveals evidence of firm state control in the short-term, but of significant unintended consequences in the medium to long-term. These findings raise doubts about the explanatory power of intergovernmental accounts of EU environmental policy making.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 12 - responsible consumption and production ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Responsible Business Regulation Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	14 Jun 2011 12:51
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2023 00:53
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/32465
DOI:	10.1080/714000537

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