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

Has globalisation led to a convergence in policy-making across nations and, if so, what are
the causal mechanisms? This book analyses the extent to which the environmental policies …

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 …

In this chapter, the authors study to what extent national environmental policy dynamics are
affected by processes of international policy diffusion and policy convergence. While …

Responsibility for environmental policy making in Europe has shifted to the EU level to a
remarkable extent. Considering that many of the EU measures aim at levelling the playing …

The article gives an empirical overview of the international spread of 22 environmental
policy innovations. The policy innovations examined in the article include administrative …

Over the past 30 years the European Community and the EU have developed an impressive
array of environmental policy instruments, so that, at first sight, the policy appears to be a …

❚ Summary Environmental policy has become a well-established field of European Union
(EU) engagement over the years. Its development was characterized by institutional …

There is reason to believe that environmental policy convergence resulting from policy
diffusion is influenced not only by functional imperatives of the world market, but also by a …

Over recent decades national environmental policies have become increasingly alike. This
book analyses the driving forces of this process of policy convergence, providing an in-depth …