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Innovation in Environmental Policy?: Integrating the Environment for Sustainability
Author(s): Andrew J. Jordan (Editor), Andrea Lenschow
- Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
- Publication Date: December 31, 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 384 pages
- ISBN-10: 1847204902
- ISBN-13: 9781847204905
Book Description
Environmental Policy Integration (EPI) is an innovative policy principle designed to deliver sustainable development. This book offers an unrivalled exploration of its conceptualization and implementation, drawing upon a set of interlinked case studies of the most common implementing instruments and the varied experience of applying them in six OECD states and the EU. Written by a team of international experts, it identifies and explains broad patterns and dynamics in what is an important area of contemporary environmental policy analysis.
This insightful account of the state-of-the-art aims to offer a valuable resource for academics interested in environmental politics and policy analysis, as well as the broader, interdisciplinary theme of ‘governance for sustainable development’. It will interest advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in comparative politics, public administration and environmental politics and policy-making. Given the continuing political relevance of sustainability, it should also appeal to NGOs, think tanks and international bodies attempting to coordinate policies across and within different levels of governance.
Editorial Reviews
Review
’. . . offering an enjoyable read in comparative politics and policy, it offers a point of reference for understanding the conceptual and empirical possibilities for further research in EPI.’ — Darren McCauley, West European Politics
‘. . . a bank of internationally based case studies written by leading environmental experts.’ — The Environmentalist
‘The organisation of th[is] book is exemplary, particularly for an edited volume. . . [A]n impressive intellectual contribution to the understanding of EPI. . . I strongly recommend it to scholars and students. . . and, crucially, also to politicians and civil servants who have attempted (or half-attempted) the task of remedying the historical neglect of environmental issues.’ — Ian Bailey, Environment and Planning C
‘Good social science may not raise our spirits, but it should improve our policy understanding. Andrew Jordan and Andrea Lenschow have produced a volume that provides a subtle and empirically informed understanding of environmental policy integration, using a design that looks both at the full policy cycle and at cross-national comparisons.’ — From the foreword by Albert Weale FBA, University of Essex, UK
About the Author
Edited by Andrew J. Jordan, Professor of Environmental Policy, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, UK and Andrea Lenschow, Professor in European Integration and Policy, Department of Social Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany
