Creating Enviromental Policy in the European Union - by A Zito (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Investigates the EU policy-making process and why this process has taken major steps to advance environmental regulation in some areas and not others. The book develops a framework emphasizing decision-making modes, which provide a more nuanced understanding, compared to traditional EU theoretical approaches, of how EU actors make decisions.

About the Author

ANTHONY R. ZITO is a Lecturer at the Department of Politics, University of Newcastle. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. He teaches European and environmental politics. His research interests include environmental politics and regulation, European Union institutions and decision-making, and the linkage between environmental and economic policies. Recently he has published articles in the Journal of European Public Policy, and Environment and Planning C (Government and Policy) and co-authored articles in Governance and Environmental Politics.