Policy Networks under Pressure

Pollution Control, Policy Reform and the Power of Farmers

Bibliographic Data

ID23242829
AuthorsCarsten Daugbjerg (0000-0003-3869-6034, corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages225
Publication date2018-11-09
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePolicy Networks under Pressure (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780429431838
OpenAlexW4237236031
Open LibraryOL52546434M
ISBN9780429431838
LanguageEN
Citations received6

First published in 1998, this book examines how established policy networks and the broader context within which they are embedded influence the choice of policy when change has been put on the agenda. It criticises the existing network literature for being predominantly descriptive, for having little to say on the choice of policy and for omitting the analysis of the broader political structures which have consequences for meso-level policy making. In order to reinforce the explanatory power of policy network analysis, the book develops both a meso and a macro-level theoretical model. They help to explain why policy change is more radical in some settings than in others. The theoretical arguments are tested by the use of detailed comparisons of agri-environmental policy making in Denmark and Sweden and of agricultural policy reforms in the European Union and Sweden.

Computer Science · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Agrarisch beleid · Agriculture · Agriculture and state · Aspect de l'environnement · Boeren · Business & Economics · Ecologische aspecten · Environmental aspects · Environmental aspects of Agriculture · Europe · General · Industries · Landbouw · Landwirtschaft · Milieubeheer · Milieubeleid · Netwerken · Politique agricole · Pollution agricole · Schadstoffbelastung · Umweltpolitik