Rüdiger K W Wurzel
Biographic Data
| ID | 1616309 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rüdiger K W Wurzel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rüdiger K W |
| FAMILY NAME | Wurzel |
| SIGNATURE | WURZEL R K W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hull |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5873-4232 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 364 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
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Contains fulltext : 321429.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
Climate urbanism and austerity in structurally disadvantaged cities
If the governance challenges of climate change have been well researched for medium-sized, affluent and larger entrepreneurial cities, relatively little is known about climate urbanism in small-to-medium-sized cities experiencing long-term industrial decline, social deprivation and austerity. Such structurally disadvantaged cities often struggle to build inclusive new climate alliances, attract green jobs, and forge new images. This intervention …
The European Council, the Council and the Member States
The leadership dynamics between the European Council, the Council and the Member States in European Union (EU) environmental policy since the 1970s are analysed. The puzzle is that, although the EU was set up as a ‘leaderless Europe’, it is widely seen as an environmental leader, albeit sometimes as a one-eyed leader amongst the blind. While differentiating between leadership types, it is argued that the European Council has the largest structura…
Leadership and lesson-drawing in the European Union’s multilevel climate governance system
The important role that climate leaders and leadership play at different levels of the European Union (EU) multilevel governance system is exemplified. Initially, climate leader states set the pace with ambitious policy measures that were adopted largely on an ad hoc basis. Since the mid-1980s, the EU has developed a multilevel climate governance system that has facilitated leadership and lesson-drawing at all governance levels including the loca…
Climate pioneership and leadership in structurally disadvantaged maritime port cities
Innovative climate governance in small-to-medium-sized structurally disadvantaged cities (SDCs) are assessed. Considering their deeply ingrained severe economic and social problems it would be reasonable to assume that SDCs act primarily as climate laggards or at best as followers. However, novel empirical findings show that SDCs are capable of acting as climate pioneers. Different types and styles of climate leadership and pioneership and how th…
Environmental leaders and pioneers
This article distinguishes between states acting as environmental leaders or pioneers. While leaders usually actively seek to attract followers, this is not normally the case for pioneers. Dependent on their internal and external ambitions, states may take on the position of a laggard, pioneer, pusher or symbolic leader. When doing so, states employ various combinations of types and styles of leadership or pioneership. Four types of leadership/pi…
The evolving and interacting bases of EU environmental policy legitimacy
This is a reply to: Brown, M. Leann. 2016. ‘The evolving and interacting bases of EU environmental policy legitimacy.’ Global Discourse 6 (3): 396–419. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2016.11538
Still the century of 'new' environmental policy instruments? Exploring patterns of innovation and continuity
We re-examine the political interest in and use of ‘new’ environmental policy instruments and other non-regulatory modes of governance. We start by taking stock of the dynamic debate that has emerged around this topic since the turn of the century. We then contextualise that debate by examining subsequent challenges to, and transformations in, state-led governing and the broader and widely acknowledged rise of ‘new governance’, highlighting the m…
Environmental, Climate and Energy Policies
The Grand Coalition's ability to induce significant environmental policy changes was constrained by a 'dual path dependency'. First, environmental policy has developed into a relatively consensual policy field in Germany although there are also some politically conflictual issues such as the use of nuclear power. Second, the Grand Coalition accepted the cornerstones of the previous (Red-Green) coalition government's environmental policy. Environm…
The Rise of ‘New’ Policy Instruments in Comparative Perspective
Governance is a term in good currency, but there are still too few detailed empirical analyses of the precise extent to which it has or has not eclipsed government. This article explores the temporal and spatial characteristics of the governance transition by charting the deployment of new policy instruments in eight industrialised states and the European Union. The adoption and implementation of (‘old’ and ‘new’) policy instruments offer a usefu…
Comparative Conclusions - 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments
The popularity of 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments (NEPIs) has prompted widespread claims that contemporary environmental policy is undergoing a deep seated and long lasting revolution, characterised by a shift from environmental government to environmental governance. This study compares the adoption of NEPIs in the eight case study countries. It reveals that there are common drivers of change, but that the resulting pattern of use is high…
From High Regulatory State to Social and Ecological Market Economy? New Environmental Policy Instruments in Germany
Demands for wider use of 'new' environmental policy instruments (NEPIs), namely market-based instruments (such as eco-taxes and tradable permits), voluntary agreements and informational devices (such as eco-labels and eco-audits) have increased significantly in Germany in recent years. Germany has also been urged to make wider use of market-based instruments by external actors (such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and…
New' Instruments of Environmental Governance
In recent years most industrialised countries have adopted 'new' environmental policy instruments (NEPIs) voluntary agreements, environmental taxes, tradable permits and eco-labels. This collection examines the current pattern of use over time (that is, 1970-2000) in eight industrialised countries. This introduction defines a NEPI and introduces the two main objectives of the whole collection, which are to: (1) identify where and when NEPIs are b…
Instrument Innovation in an Environmental Lead State
'New Environmental Policy Instruments' (NEPIs) have a vital role to play in the Netherlands, but should not be overemphasised. They remain part of a mix of instruments that retains a considerable role for the traditional command and control instruments. Dutch environmental innovation shows much evidence of gradual, adaptive learning stimulated by changes in governments, philosophies and external pressures, such as the Kyoto Agreement. Some instru…
Policy Innovation or 'Muddling Through'? 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments in the United Kingdom
The UK began to experiment with voluntary agreements and market-based instruments much later than other northern, industrialised member states of the EU. This delayed start can be accounted for by the comparatively low level of environmental awareness in the UK throughout much of the 1980s, and the belief that domestic regulation, when suitably fine-tuned, was more than capable of addressing most domestic environmental problems. The deployment of…
Environmental Policy
A new approach to EU environmental policy-making? The Auto-Oil I Programme
The Commission's Auto - Oil I Programme was initially hailed as a model for future environmental legislation. It constituted a departure from previous European Union car emission policy - making based on the incremental tightening of car emission limits in line with the advancement of the best available technology. The Auto - Oil I Programme was developed within a 'tripartite dialogue' between the Commission and the automobile and oil industries.…
Flying into unexpected turbulence
Many observers expected that the new Red‐Green coalition government would have an easy ride in the Environmental Council during its European Union (EU) presidency in early 1999. However, this was not the case, mainly due to Chancellor Schröder's decision to block the adoption of the so‐called end‐of‐life vehicles directive. It is argued that inexperience and lack of political judgement on EU matters have dented Germany's pro‐integrationist image …
The role of the European parliament
The role of the Eli Presidency in the environmental field
This article argues that the EU Presidency plays a more important role than is generally assumed. It is not so much that the incumbent Presidency may try to 'push through' legislation close to the national interests but that it has an important role in fostering the Europeanization of national environmental policy‐making. Holding the Presidency creates strong pressures to achieve agreement and fosters a subtle but important learning process about…
The Rise of ‘New’ Policy Instruments in Comparative Perspective
Governance is a term in good currency, but there are still too few detailed empirical analyses of the precise extent to which it has or has not eclipsed government. This article explores the temporal and spatial characteristics of the governance transition by charting the deployment of new policy instruments in eight industrialised states and the European Union. The adoption and implementation of (‘old’ and ‘new’) policy instruments offer a usefu…
Environmental leaders and pioneers
This article distinguishes between states acting as environmental leaders or pioneers. While leaders usually actively seek to attract followers, this is not normally the case for pioneers. Dependent on their internal and external ambitions, states may take on the position of a laggard, pioneer, pusher or symbolic leader. When doing so, states employ various combinations of types and styles of leadership or pioneership. Four types of leadership/pi…
The role of the Eli Presidency in the environmental field
This article argues that the EU Presidency plays a more important role than is generally assumed. It is not so much that the incumbent Presidency may try to 'push through' legislation close to the national interests but that it has an important role in fostering the Europeanization of national environmental policy‐making. Holding the Presidency creates strong pressures to achieve agreement and fosters a subtle but important learning process about…
New' Instruments of Environmental Governance
In recent years most industrialised countries have adopted 'new' environmental policy instruments (NEPIs) voluntary agreements, environmental taxes, tradable permits and eco-labels. This collection examines the current pattern of use over time (that is, 1970-2000) in eight industrialised countries. This introduction defines a NEPI and introduces the two main objectives of the whole collection, which are to: (1) identify where and when NEPIs are b…
Still the century of 'new' environmental policy instruments? Exploring patterns of innovation and continuity
We re-examine the political interest in and use of ‘new’ environmental policy instruments and other non-regulatory modes of governance. We start by taking stock of the dynamic debate that has emerged around this topic since the turn of the century. We then contextualise that debate by examining subsequent challenges to, and transformations in, state-led governing and the broader and widely acknowledged rise of ‘new governance’, highlighting the m…
Comparative Conclusions - 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments
The popularity of 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments (NEPIs) has prompted widespread claims that contemporary environmental policy is undergoing a deep seated and long lasting revolution, characterised by a shift from environmental government to environmental governance. This study compares the adoption of NEPIs in the eight case study countries. It reveals that there are common drivers of change, but that the resulting pattern of use is high…
The European Council, the Council and the Member States
The leadership dynamics between the European Council, the Council and the Member States in European Union (EU) environmental policy since the 1970s are analysed. The puzzle is that, although the EU was set up as a ‘leaderless Europe’, it is widely seen as an environmental leader, albeit sometimes as a one-eyed leader amongst the blind. While differentiating between leadership types, it is argued that the European Council has the largest structura…
Leadership and lesson-drawing in the European Union’s multilevel climate governance system
The important role that climate leaders and leadership play at different levels of the European Union (EU) multilevel governance system is exemplified. Initially, climate leader states set the pace with ambitious policy measures that were adopted largely on an ad hoc basis. Since the mid-1980s, the EU has developed a multilevel climate governance system that has facilitated leadership and lesson-drawing at all governance levels including the loca…
From High Regulatory State to Social and Ecological Market Economy? New Environmental Policy Instruments in Germany
Demands for wider use of 'new' environmental policy instruments (NEPIs), namely market-based instruments (such as eco-taxes and tradable permits), voluntary agreements and informational devices (such as eco-labels and eco-audits) have increased significantly in Germany in recent years. Germany has also been urged to make wider use of market-based instruments by external actors (such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and…
A new approach to EU environmental policy-making? The Auto-Oil I Programme
The Commission's Auto - Oil I Programme was initially hailed as a model for future environmental legislation. It constituted a departure from previous European Union car emission policy - making based on the incremental tightening of car emission limits in line with the advancement of the best available technology. The Auto - Oil I Programme was developed within a 'tripartite dialogue' between the Commission and the automobile and oil industries.…
Climate pioneership and leadership in structurally disadvantaged maritime port cities
Innovative climate governance in small-to-medium-sized structurally disadvantaged cities (SDCs) are assessed. Considering their deeply ingrained severe economic and social problems it would be reasonable to assume that SDCs act primarily as climate laggards or at best as followers. However, novel empirical findings show that SDCs are capable of acting as climate pioneers. Different types and styles of climate leadership and pioneership and how th…
The role of the European parliament
Environmental, Climate and Energy Policies
The Grand Coalition's ability to induce significant environmental policy changes was constrained by a 'dual path dependency'. First, environmental policy has developed into a relatively consensual policy field in Germany although there are also some politically conflictual issues such as the use of nuclear power. Second, the Grand Coalition accepted the cornerstones of the previous (Red-Green) coalition government's environmental policy. Environm…
Policy Innovation or 'Muddling Through'? 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments in the United Kingdom
The UK began to experiment with voluntary agreements and market-based instruments much later than other northern, industrialised member states of the EU. This delayed start can be accounted for by the comparatively low level of environmental awareness in the UK throughout much of the 1980s, and the belief that domestic regulation, when suitably fine-tuned, was more than capable of addressing most domestic environmental problems. The deployment of…
Instrument Innovation in an Environmental Lead State
'New Environmental Policy Instruments' (NEPIs) have a vital role to play in the Netherlands, but should not be overemphasised. They remain part of a mix of instruments that retains a considerable role for the traditional command and control instruments. Dutch environmental innovation shows much evidence of gradual, adaptive learning stimulated by changes in governments, philosophies and external pressures, such as the Kyoto Agreement. Some instru…
Flying into unexpected turbulence
Many observers expected that the new Red‐Green coalition government would have an easy ride in the Environmental Council during its European Union (EU) presidency in early 1999. However, this was not the case, mainly due to Chancellor Schröder's decision to block the adoption of the so‐called end‐of‐life vehicles directive. It is argued that inexperience and lack of political judgement on EU matters have dented Germany's pro‐integrationist image …
Climate urbanism and austerity in structurally disadvantaged cities
If the governance challenges of climate change have been well researched for medium-sized, affluent and larger entrepreneurial cities, relatively little is known about climate urbanism in small-to-medium-sized cities experiencing long-term industrial decline, social deprivation and austerity. Such structurally disadvantaged cities often struggle to build inclusive new climate alliances, attract green jobs, and forge new images. This intervention …
The role of the Eli Presidency in the environmental field
This article argues that the EU Presidency plays a more important role than is generally assumed. It is not so much that the incumbent Presidency may try to 'push through' legislation close to the national interests but that it has an important role in fostering the Europeanization of national environmental policy‐making. Holding the Presidency creates strong pressures to achieve agreement and fosters a subtle but important learning process about…
The role of the European parliament
A new approach to EU environmental policy-making? The Auto-Oil I Programme
The Commission's Auto - Oil I Programme was initially hailed as a model for future environmental legislation. It constituted a departure from previous European Union car emission policy - making based on the incremental tightening of car emission limits in line with the advancement of the best available technology. The Auto - Oil I Programme was developed within a 'tripartite dialogue' between the Commission and the automobile and oil industries.…
Flying into unexpected turbulence
Many observers expected that the new Red‐Green coalition government would have an easy ride in the Environmental Council during its European Union (EU) presidency in early 1999. However, this was not the case, mainly due to Chancellor Schröder's decision to block the adoption of the so‐called end‐of‐life vehicles directive. It is argued that inexperience and lack of political judgement on EU matters have dented Germany's pro‐integrationist image …
Environmental Policy
Comparative Conclusions - 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments
The popularity of 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments (NEPIs) has prompted widespread claims that contemporary environmental policy is undergoing a deep seated and long lasting revolution, characterised by a shift from environmental government to environmental governance. This study compares the adoption of NEPIs in the eight case study countries. It reveals that there are common drivers of change, but that the resulting pattern of use is high…
From High Regulatory State to Social and Ecological Market Economy? New Environmental Policy Instruments in Germany
Demands for wider use of 'new' environmental policy instruments (NEPIs), namely market-based instruments (such as eco-taxes and tradable permits), voluntary agreements and informational devices (such as eco-labels and eco-audits) have increased significantly in Germany in recent years. Germany has also been urged to make wider use of market-based instruments by external actors (such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and…
New' Instruments of Environmental Governance
In recent years most industrialised countries have adopted 'new' environmental policy instruments (NEPIs) voluntary agreements, environmental taxes, tradable permits and eco-labels. This collection examines the current pattern of use over time (that is, 1970-2000) in eight industrialised countries. This introduction defines a NEPI and introduces the two main objectives of the whole collection, which are to: (1) identify where and when NEPIs are b…
Instrument Innovation in an Environmental Lead State
'New Environmental Policy Instruments' (NEPIs) have a vital role to play in the Netherlands, but should not be overemphasised. They remain part of a mix of instruments that retains a considerable role for the traditional command and control instruments. Dutch environmental innovation shows much evidence of gradual, adaptive learning stimulated by changes in governments, philosophies and external pressures, such as the Kyoto Agreement. Some instru…
Policy Innovation or 'Muddling Through'? 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments in the United Kingdom
The UK began to experiment with voluntary agreements and market-based instruments much later than other northern, industrialised member states of the EU. This delayed start can be accounted for by the comparatively low level of environmental awareness in the UK throughout much of the 1980s, and the belief that domestic regulation, when suitably fine-tuned, was more than capable of addressing most domestic environmental problems. The deployment of…
The Rise of ‘New’ Policy Instruments in Comparative Perspective
Governance is a term in good currency, but there are still too few detailed empirical analyses of the precise extent to which it has or has not eclipsed government. This article explores the temporal and spatial characteristics of the governance transition by charting the deployment of new policy instruments in eight industrialised states and the European Union. The adoption and implementation of (‘old’ and ‘new’) policy instruments offer a usefu…
Environmental, Climate and Energy Policies
The Grand Coalition's ability to induce significant environmental policy changes was constrained by a 'dual path dependency'. First, environmental policy has developed into a relatively consensual policy field in Germany although there are also some politically conflictual issues such as the use of nuclear power. Second, the Grand Coalition accepted the cornerstones of the previous (Red-Green) coalition government's environmental policy. Environm…
Still the century of 'new' environmental policy instruments? Exploring patterns of innovation and continuity
We re-examine the political interest in and use of ‘new’ environmental policy instruments and other non-regulatory modes of governance. We start by taking stock of the dynamic debate that has emerged around this topic since the turn of the century. We then contextualise that debate by examining subsequent challenges to, and transformations in, state-led governing and the broader and widely acknowledged rise of ‘new governance’, highlighting the m…
The evolving and interacting bases of EU environmental policy legitimacy
This is a reply to: Brown, M. Leann. 2016. ‘The evolving and interacting bases of EU environmental policy legitimacy.’ Global Discourse 6 (3): 396–419. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2016.11538
Environmental leaders and pioneers
This article distinguishes between states acting as environmental leaders or pioneers. While leaders usually actively seek to attract followers, this is not normally the case for pioneers. Dependent on their internal and external ambitions, states may take on the position of a laggard, pioneer, pusher or symbolic leader. When doing so, states employ various combinations of types and styles of leadership or pioneership. Four types of leadership/pi…
The European Council, the Council and the Member States
The leadership dynamics between the European Council, the Council and the Member States in European Union (EU) environmental policy since the 1970s are analysed. The puzzle is that, although the EU was set up as a ‘leaderless Europe’, it is widely seen as an environmental leader, albeit sometimes as a one-eyed leader amongst the blind. While differentiating between leadership types, it is argued that the European Council has the largest structura…
Leadership and lesson-drawing in the European Union’s multilevel climate governance system
The important role that climate leaders and leadership play at different levels of the European Union (EU) multilevel governance system is exemplified. Initially, climate leader states set the pace with ambitious policy measures that were adopted largely on an ad hoc basis. Since the mid-1980s, the EU has developed a multilevel climate governance system that has facilitated leadership and lesson-drawing at all governance levels including the loca…
Climate pioneership and leadership in structurally disadvantaged maritime port cities
Innovative climate governance in small-to-medium-sized structurally disadvantaged cities (SDCs) are assessed. Considering their deeply ingrained severe economic and social problems it would be reasonable to assume that SDCs act primarily as climate laggards or at best as followers. However, novel empirical findings show that SDCs are capable of acting as climate pioneers. Different types and styles of climate leadership and pioneership and how th…
Climate urbanism and austerity in structurally disadvantaged cities
If the governance challenges of climate change have been well researched for medium-sized, affluent and larger entrepreneurial cities, relatively little is known about climate urbanism in small-to-medium-sized cities experiencing long-term industrial decline, social deprivation and austerity. Such structurally disadvantaged cities often struggle to build inclusive new climate alliances, attract green jobs, and forge new images. This intervention …
Persistent informality
Contains fulltext : 321429.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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