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An 'Ever Closer Union' of National Policy? The Convergence of National Environmental Policy in the European Union

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Duncan Liefferink
Andrew Jordan
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This article examines how far the EU has succeded in producing a secular convergence of the content, structure and style of national environmental policies. Using fresh empirical evidence collected from ten national environmental policies, it presents a very mixed pattern of change, with some elements of national policy converging more rapidly (and through different causal pathways) than others. These findings are viewed through the lens of popular theories of structural convergence, integration and Europeanisation respectively, to reach a fuller understanding of the pathways and outcomes of any policy convergence in an enlarging EU.

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Paper provided by School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University of Belfast in its series Queen's Papers on Europeanisation with number p0032.

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Keywords: environmental policy; policy analysis; Europeanization; national interest; positive integration; European law;

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