EU water policy
Uncertain agendas, shifting networks and complex coalitions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4329263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Richardson (European University Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 139-167 |
| Publication date | 1994-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644019408414170 |
| OpenAlex | W2025986985 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 18 |
European Union (EU) water legislation is now very extensive in scope and has major cost implications for the member states, for the water industry, and for consumers. Although participation in the policy formulation process was fairly narrowly based in the early development of this programme of legislation, more recently participation has become more extended. The EU water policy process is an example of a rather loose and more open issue network or constellation of actors, rather than a closed and restricted policy community. It is, however, possible to identify a core of central actors within this loose configuration. Even so, the agenda setting process remains unpredictable and issues are processed via the interaction of a series of advocacy coalitions which link epistemic communities of scientists (especially toxicologists) into a wider and more visible political world. Because of the high salience of water policy throughout the Union, issue expansion, rather than issue contraction, is likely to remain the norm. The end result may be rather ‘garbage can’ in its characteristics ‐ namely ‘organised anarchies characterised by problematic preferences, unclear technology and fluid participation’
Business · Economic system · Economics · European union · International trade · Law and economics · Legislation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · European and International Law Studies · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration
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Catching up with change
The social dimension of the European Union
The constitution of a transnational policy field
Configuración de la Agenda en la Unión Europea
Understanding the Effectiveness of EU Environmental Policy
The Water Framework Directive
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Opening European Research to the World
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The European Union's climate change policy
Policy-making institutions and water policy outputs in the European Union and the United States
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The accommodation of diversity in European policy‐making and its outcomes
The state and interest groups in a framework of multi‐level decision‐making
The Politics of Multilevel Environmental Governance
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Images of an Unbiased Interest System
Ideas, coalitions and compromise
Compliance with EU directives
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The Dynamics of Policy Change
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The new European Community. Decision making and institutional change
Agenda‐setting in the European community
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Diplomacy and domestic politics
Introduction
Conclusion
Organizational interlocks between new social movements and traditional elites
Environmental groups and the EC
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2020 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |