The long-standing debate on environmental policy 'leaders' and 'laggards' lends itself to a
new analysis following with the advent of the 2008 economic crisis. This paper, therefore …

The European Union (EU) has sought to establish itself as a global environmental leader but
was hit by the combined effects of the economic and financial crisis from 2007-8 leading …

ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) has been buffeted by a range of crises since 2007,
not least the economic and financial crisis. One potential victim of this economic malaise is …

Over the last forty years, since the 1970s, the European Union (EU) has developed one of
the most comprehensive and ambitious bodies of environmental legislation in the world …

This significant book investigates the political economy of environmental policy in Europe
with a careful analysis of how EU directives are realised in the member states. The authors …

The ongoing European economic crisis provides a focus for academics wishing to
understand the relationship between major exogenous shocks and changes to …

On the occasion of international environmental negotiations, like the UN Climate Summit
held in Durban, South Africa, in 2011, media commentators regularly divide participating …

The development of a systematic environmental policy began in Germany over 25 years
ago. In the meantime environmental protection has become an established area of …

IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES BECOME
INCREASINGLY INTERDE-pendent. This means that the policy choices of one country are …

A central issue of globalisation research is the question whether globalisation leads to the
convergence of policies or whether domestic responses to global challenges remain …