Who should pay for pollution? The OECD, the European Communities and the emergence of environmental policy in the early 1970s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12528533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan-Henrik Meyer (0000-0003-1159-4441, Saxo Institut, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 377-398 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review of History Revue européenne d histoire (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-7486 • E-ISSN: 1469-8293 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13507486.2017.1282427 |
| OpenAlex | W2625853904 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 27 |
Environmental policy emerged as a new European and global policy field within a very brief period of time during the early 1970s. Notably in Europe, international organizations played a central role in defining core principles for this new policy domain. This article argues that inter-organizational connections were crucial in this context: the exchange and transfer of policy ideas facilitated the rise of environmental policy across different international organizations. Focusing on the co-evolution of the polluter-pays principle enshrined almost simultaneously both at the OECD and the European Communities, the article assesses the multiple routes along which policy ideas travelled, the role inter-organizational competition played and the selective nature of transfers. While expertise played a key role in determining which policy concepts were selected, institutional conditions and the politics of the recipient institution determined how they were adapted to the respective new context
Competition (biology · Context (archaeology · Economics · Environmental policy · Environmental resource management · European union · Field (mathematics · Geography · Institution · International trade · Policy transfer · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Sociology · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Ecology
The Hegemony of Growth
Environmental Principles
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Environmental History and International History
The crisis before the crisis
Environmentalism for the Atlantic Alliance
Nato and the Environment
Provincialising European union
Expandiere oder stirb
From Europeanisation to Diffusion
Why there is no 'southern problem'. On environmental leaders and laggards in the European Union
The Myth of a Green Europe
On Enforcement, Management and Persuasion
Environmental Quality and International Trade
Payer pour polluer
The Trouble with Wilderness
The Promise of Wilderness
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |