De-Europeanising or disengaging? EU environmental policy and Brexit

Burns, Charlotte, Gravey, Viviane, Jordan, Andrew and Zito, Anthony (2019) De-Europeanising or disengaging? EU environmental policy and Brexit. Environmental Politics, 28 (2). pp. 271-292. ISSN 0964-4016

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Abstract

The European Union (EU) has had a profound effect upon its members’ environmental policy. Even in the United Kingdom (UK), the EU’s most recalcitrant member state (historically labeled the ‘Dirty man of Europe’), environmental policy has been Europeanised. As the UK moves to the EU’s exit door it is timely to assess the utility of Europeanisation for understanding policy dynamics in the UK. Drawing upon interviews and extensive engagement with stakeholders, this article analyses the potential impact of Brexit upon environmental policy and politics. The analytical toolkit offered by deEuropeanisation is developed to identify the factors that drive and inhibit deEuropeanisation processes, thereby providing insights that may be applicable in other settings. Disengagement and policy stagnation are presented as more likely environmental outcomes of Brexit, with capacity emerging as a central explanatory variable.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences 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
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2019 15:30
Last Modified:	17 Jul 2025 09:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69896
DOI:	10.1080/09644016.2019.1549774

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