Creating Enviromental Policy in the European Union [Hardcover]

Investigates the EU policy-making process and why this process has taken major steps to advance environmental regulation in some areas and not?others. The book develops a framework emphasizing decision-making modes, which provide a more nuanced understanding, compared to traditional EU theoretical approaches, of how EU actors make decisions.List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements The Puzzle of EU Environmental Policy Theoretical Framework Transboundary Air Pollution The Carbon/Energy Tax Proposal European Hazardous Waste Policy Conclusion Bibliography IndexANTHONY R. ZITO is a Lecturer at the Department of Politics, University of Newcastle. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. He teaches European and environmental politics. His research interests include environmental politics and regulation, European Union institutions and decision-making, and the linkage between environmental and economic policies. Recently he has published articles in the Journal of European Public Policy, and Environment and Planning C (Government and Policy) and co-authored articles in Governance and Environmental Politics.