Environmental Policy-Making in Britain, Germany and the European Union(English, Hardcover, Wurzel Ruediger K. W.)

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Environmental Policy-Making in Britain, Germany and the European Union(English, Hardcover, Wurzel Ruediger K. W.) is written by Wurzel Ruediger K. W. and published by Manchester University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0719059976 (ISBN 10) and 9780719059971 (ISBN 13).

Environmental policy has become an increasingly important area of European Union (EU) policy-making and the source of political conflict between Britain and Germany. This book explains why national conflicts have arisen and how they are resolved at EU level by focusing on the Europeanisation of air and water pollution control in particular. Wurzel argues that Anglo-German divergences are best explained in terms of ecological vulnerability, economic cost and capacity, political salience and environmental regulatory styles. Focusing on two very important and media-exploitable issues - car emissions and bathing water regulation - this book challenges the conventional wisdom that Britain has shown a clear preference for environmental quality objectives while Germany championed uniform emission limits. Acceptance of the concept of ecological modernisation plays a vital role in the adoption of more progressive environmental standards. This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6, Clean water and sanitation