An 'ever closer union' of national policy? The convergence of national environmental policy in the European Union

European Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-113

  Liefferink, Duncan ^a   Jordan, Andrew ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; European Union; Europeanisation; National environmental policy; Policy convergence

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17644396978     PISSN: 09610405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.377     Document Type: Article

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