Implementing European Environmental Policy: The Impacts of Directives in the Member States

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 explore this issue through a comparative evaluation of the implementation of three pieces of EU environmental legislation in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Areas covered by the legislation include air emission standards for waste incinerators, the electricity supply industry, and the certification...