The Europeanization of British Environmental Policy A Departmental Perspective

"British environmental policy has been fundamentally 'Europeanized' by the European Union (EU). This book departs from existing accounts by adopting a departmental (or ministerial) perspective on the forces that are deeply transforming British governance. Using theories of European integration and its domestic impact (Europeanization) this book examines how the UK Department of the Environment negotiated a number of 'large' and 'small' decisions in the EU." "The book reveals that the Europeanization of British policy has generated a host of unforeseen impacts which have transformed the department's own internal culture and political priorities as deeply and profoundly as the national policy and politics around it. The book represents the first sustained attempt to understand how the EU affects the inner workings of British government, and will be of interest to scholars of British and EU politics and policy-making."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved