The Shaping of Environmental Policy in France [Paperback]

Drawing on an extensive range of political, legal and sociological materials, the author presents and evaluates environmental policy-making in France at a time when environmental problems are growing in complexity and gravity.

He highlights the range of inputs to the policy process  including popular movements, green parties, interest group representation, EU legislation and international treaties  and evaluates the diverse nature of the outcomes which lead him to conclude that because new developments involve not only changes in policy content but also adaptation of policy style, environmental demands are progressively changing the shape of politics itself.

Joseph Szarkais a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath.

Acknowledgements

PART I: SHAPING FACTORS: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

Chapter 1.Public Opinion, the Green Movement and Environmental Groups in France
Chapter 2.Green Parties in the French Political System
Chapter 3.The French Polity, Institutional Capacity Building and the Environment
Chapter 4.European Environmental Policy and France

PART II: CASE STUDIES: THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: CONSERVING NATURE OR PROTECTING SPECIAL INTERESTS

Chapter 5.The Industrial Environment: 'Command and Control' or Corporatist Policy Making?
Chapter 6.The Human Environment: Widening the Policy Networks
Chapter 7.Towards Sustainable Development?
Chapter 8.General Conclusions

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