Environmental Policy Integration

Integrating environmental policies into the policies of all other sectors is the core European environmental policy. But there has been no thorough investigation of the political process involved. This volume provides it. It analyzes the process of policy integration--the greening of public policy--across the relevant sectors and countries. It finds very significant variation from sector to sector and from country to country, and it analyzes the reasons for this. (Surprisingly the UK, traditionally the "dirty man" of Europe is far more actively engaged than environmental "progressives" such as Germany.) It identifies the obstacles to integration and offers solutions for policy formulation, decision making and implementation at the relevant political levels.