From dismantling by default to symbolic dismantling? Water policy in the United Kingdom

Jordan, Andy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-1024 and Turnpenny, John (2012) From dismantling by default to symbolic dismantling? Water policy in the United Kingdom. In: Dismantling Public Policy: Interests, Opportunities, Strategies and Effects. Oxford University Press.

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Abstract

This chapter examines how the transition to a more multi-level system of water governance in Britain has affected the way in which dismantling was conceived of and pursued. It does so by analysing two potential cases of dismantling in the UK water sector where politicians appeared to have a strong preference to dismantle: the 1974 Control of Pollution Act and the 1992 attempt to dismantle EU environmental legislation via a so-called ‘hit list’. The analysis emphasizes two broader points: First, research that seeks to study dismantling in heavily Europeanized sectors should account for the EU's role (direct and indirect) in dismantling activities at both levels of governance. Second, examining dismantling as a discrete, time-bound event runs the risk of overlooking the importance of deeper historical processes and longer-term dynamics. Attention should also be paid to the importance of extended causal chains, of unintended consequences, and of processes that unfold gradually over time.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	policy dismantling,dismantling by default,symbolic action,environmental policy,water policy,multi-level governance,british politics
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
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 Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
Depositing User:	Katherine Humphries
Date Deposited:	18 Sep 2012 14:41
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2023 01:25
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/39593
DOI:	10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199656646.003.0008

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