Environmental Policy Integration in Practice: Shaping Institutions for LearningMans Nilsson, Katarina Eckerberg Earthscan, 2009 - 193 pages Environmental values and concerns are meant to be reflected through environmental policy, which is then integrated into mainstream economic and social policy that serves to govern society and the economy in different sectors. Yet effective environmental policy integration has proved to be very difficult in practice and it remains largely an elusive aspiration. This groundbreaking volume presents the first ever detailed examination of EPI at the national policy level, focusing on the key sectors of energy and agriculture within Sweden, a country that is widely recognized as a front runner in environmental management. The authors deconstruct EPI, look at what it means in policy formation and examine how environmental priorities are treated in relation to other political priorities. The final section of the book lays out the major findings and presents key lessons for international application, including institutional recommendations on how to enhance the potential for EPI. Most fundamentally, the book answers the questions of what works for EPI, why it works, and how it can be achieved in practice across sectors. The result is a rich and indispensable guide for all those involved in environmental and sustainable development policy issues. |
Contents
EPI Agendas and Policy Responses | 1 |
Chapter 2 Different Perspectives on EPI | 25 |
Chapter 3 Theory and Methodology for EPI Analysis | 49 |
Chapter 4 Sector Environmental Analysis of Energy and Agriculture | 67 |
Chapter 5 Policy Framing and EPI in Energy and Agriculture | 85 |
Chapter 6 Institutional Analysis of Energy and Agriculture | 111 |
What Enabled EPI in Practice? | 137 |
Chapter 8 Shaping Institutions for Learning | 163 |
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Environmental Policy Integration in Practice: Shaping Institutions for Learning Måns Nilsson,Katarina Eckerberg No preview available - 2007 |
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actors agencies agenda agricultural policy agricultural sector approach biodiversity bioenergy policy biofuels Chapter climate change conceptual content analysis decision deregulation discussed Eckerberg ecological economic Ecotax effects emissions energy and agricultural energy policy energy sector environment environmental concerns environmental impacts environmental issues environmental objectives environmental policy integration European European Union eutrophication evaluate example farmers farming Finnveden fossil fuels goals Government Bill Government Committee Report green greenhouse gas hotspots hydropower impact assessment implementation important increased industry institutional interests Lafferty landscape Lenschow measures ment Ministry Naturvårdsverket NEQOs Nilsson normative nuclear phase-out OECD organizational organizations perspective policy frames policy learning policy process political potential procedures production programme reframing Regeringskansliet renewable energy ronmental rural development sector policy sector responsibility sectoral policymaking SEPA Social Democrats SSNC Statistics Sweden Stockholm Prop strategies sustainable development Sweden Swedish agriculture Swedish energy policy tion Vattenfall wood fuels
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In Pursuit of Sustainable Development: New Governance Practices at the Sub ... Susan Baker,Katarina Eckerberg No preview available - 2008 |