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European Environmental Policy by Stealth: The Dysfunctionality of Functionalism?

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  • A Weale

    (Department of Government, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, England)

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There are four paradoxes to be explained in respect of European Union (EU) environmental policy: how it is that a liberal policy regime makes relatively little use of economic instruments; how it is that the formally independent Commission is heavily dependent upon member states in the development of its policy proposals; how it is that a ‘weak’ European Parliament has had greater influence on environmental standard setting than have most national parliaments; and how it is that a supranational political authority regulates subnational environmental public goods so extensively. The author argues that these four features of EU environmental policy are related to one another as the effects of a common cause: the historical importance of the Monnet method of European integration. How far this method should be transcended is also discussed.

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  • A Weale, 1999. "European Environmental Policy by Stealth: The Dysfunctionality of Functionalism?," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 17(1), pages 37-51, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:17:y:1999:i:1:p:37-51
    DOI: 10.1068/c170037
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    1. Andrea Lenschow & Carina Sprungk, 2010. "The Myth of a Green Europe," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48, pages 133-154, January.

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