Sustainability, subsidiarity and deregulation
New directions in EU environmental policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4329699 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ute Collier (Friends United, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 1997-06-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/09644019708414325 |
| OpenAlex | W1988920642 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 16 |
The adoption of sustainable development as a guiding principle in European Union (EU) environmental policy has coincided with a growing influence of the subsidiarity principle and the deregulation doctrine. Both show areas of overlap and compatibility with the basic tenets of sustainable development and could in principle contribute to a strengthening of environmental protection in the EU. However, their influence to date has mainly been negative. One problem is that while ideas such as ‘action as close to the citizen as possible’ and the application of a market‐based approach sound attractive, especially considering the shortcomings of EU environmental policy to date, political and economic realities mean that subsidiarity and deregulation are two‐edged swords, as the example of the EU's response to the climate change issue demonstrates. The subsidiarity principle is being exploited in the interest of national sovereignty, and the change to a more market‐based approach for environmental instruments has mainly focused on self‐regulatory tools with dubious effectiveness. In general, EU environmental policy has lost momentum in recent years and there has been little progress with the integration of environmental concerns into other policy areas, beyond marginal adjustments
Deregulation · Doctrine · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Polluter pays principle · Sovereignty · Subsidiarity · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Environmental law and policy · EU Law and Policy Analysis · Law
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Mainstreaming Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Governance and Planning
Addressing the tangled web of governance mechanisms for land-sea interactions
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Green hope or greenwash? The actions of the European Union at the World Summit on sustainable development
The Strengths and Limits of New Forms of EU Governance
Old wine in new bottles? The Commission and the use of environmental policy instruments
This Article Has Been Retracted the European Union and the World Summit on Sustainable Development
Ecological modernisation or the ‘ideal model’ of sustainable development? Questions prompted at Europe's periphery
The Politics of Multilevel Environmental Governance
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Developments in West European Politics
Environmental Policy and Politics
Blueprint 3
Environmental policies and problems of European legislation in Southern Europe
Problems of transnational policymaking
The European community's environmental policy, 1957 to ‘1992
The Climate Policy of the EC
Organisational challenges to sustainable development
Between economy and ecology? The single market and the integration of environmental policy
Political and ecological communication
The politics of sustainable development
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2024 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |