Charlotte Burns is Professorial Fellow in Sustainable Growth in the Politics Department at the University of Sheffield. She is an expert in EU environmental policy and EU policy-making processes. Charlotte is the Principal Investigator on a three-year project examining the impact of the financial crisis upon European Union environmental policy, which has been funded by the Leverhulme Trust. She has published widely in journals within the field, including in Environmental Politics, the Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, and Political Studies.Paul Tobin is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Manchester. His article on 'Leaders and Laggards' in Climate Policy, published in Global Environmental Politics, won the INOGOV Best Paper Prize, and his Ph.D. was awarded the UACES Best PhD Thesis Prize. His work has also appeared in journals such as Global Environmental Change and the Journal of Common Market Studies.Sebastian Sewerin is a Senior Researcher in the Energy Politics Group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. In his research, which is published in Nature Energy, Research Policy, Policy Studies, and Environmental Politics, he analyses long-term changes in energy policy mixes.

the book is of interest to anyone wanting to understand the role of austerity measures for policies in general, and environmental policies in particular....The theoretical framework is one of the strengths of the book because the empirical chapters show the methodical plurality of the theory...Burns, Tobin, and Sewerin (2019) develop the Index of Policy Activity theoretical and methodology, which is applicable to other policy areas. Thus, the book is also of interest to scholars outside the field of environmental policy.

• 1: Charlotte Burns, Paul Tobin, and Sebastian Sewerin: Measuring the Impact of the Crisis on European Environmental Policy 2: Viviane Gravey and Brendan Moore: Full Steam Ahead or Dead in the Water? European Union Environmental Policy After the Economic Crisis 3: Sebastian Sewerin and Tobias S. Schmidt: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Renewable Energy Policy Mixes: A Comparative Analysis of Macro-, Meso- and Micro- Policy Dynamics 4: Jan-Justus Andreas: Turning Cuts into Growth: German and British Renewable Energy and Climate Policy During the Economic Crisis 5: Brendan Flynn: Irish Environmental Policy After the Economic Crisis: More of the Same but with Less? 6: Jakob Skovgaard, Roger Hildingsson, and Bengt Johansson: Environmental Policy and the Economic Crisis: The Swedish and Danish Cases 7: Simona Davidescu: Environmental Policy in Times of Crisis: Romania's Troubled Transition 8: Rosa Fernandez: The Effects of the International Economic Crisis on Spain's Environmental Policy 9: Nathalie Berny: The Restoration of Biodiversity in France: From Words to Deeds 10: Charlotte Burns, Paul Tobin, and Sebastian Sewerin: European Environmental Policy at a Time of Crisis: Benign Neglect, or a Leader Losing Pace?

Charlotte Burns is Professorial Fellow in Sustainable Growth in the Politics Department at the University of Sheffield. She is an expert in EU environmental policy and EU policy-making processes. Charlotte is the Principal Investigator on a three-year project examining the impact of the financial crisis upon European Union environmental policy, which has been funded by the Leverhulme Trust. She has published widely in journals within the field, including in Environmental Politics, the Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, and Political Studies.Paul Tobin is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Manchester. His article on 'Leaders and Laggards' in Climate Policy, published in Global Environmental Politics, won the INOGOV Best Paper Prize, and his Ph.D. was awarded the UACES Best PhD Thesis Prize. His work has also appeared in journals such as Global Environmental Change and the Journal of Common Market Studies.Sebastian Sewerin is a Senior Researcher in the Energy Politics Group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. In his research, which is published in Nature Energy, Research Policy, Policy Studies, and Environmental Politics, he analyses long-term changes in energy policy mixes.

the book is of interest to anyone wanting to understand the role of austerity measures for policies in general, and environmental policies in particular....The theoretical framework is one of the strengths of the book because the empirical chapters show the methodical plurality of the theory...Burns, Tobin, and Sewerin (2019) develop the Index of Policy Activity theoretical and methodology, which is applicable to other policy areas. Thus, the book is also of interest to scholars outside the field of environmental policy.

• 1: Charlotte Burns, Paul Tobin, and Sebastian Sewerin: Measuring the Impact of the Crisis on European Environmental Policy 2: Viviane Gravey and Brendan Moore: Full Steam Ahead or Dead in the Water? European Union Environmental Policy After the Economic Crisis 3: Sebastian Sewerin and Tobias S. Schmidt: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Renewable Energy Policy Mixes: A Comparative Analysis of Macro-, Meso- and Micro- Policy Dynamics 4: Jan-Justus Andreas: Turning Cuts into Growth: German and British Renewable Energy and Climate Policy During the Economic Crisis 5: Brendan Flynn: Irish Environmental Policy After the Economic Crisis: More of the Same but with Less? 6: Jakob Skovgaard, Roger Hildingsson, and Bengt Johansson: Environmental Policy and the Economic Crisis: The Swedish and Danish Cases 7: Simona Davidescu: Environmental Policy in Times of Crisis: Romania's Troubled Transition 8: Rosa Fernandez: The Effects of the International Economic Crisis on Spain's Environmental Policy 9: Nathalie Berny: The Restoration of Biodiversity in France: From Words to Deeds 10: Charlotte Burns, Paul Tobin, and Sebastian Sewerin: European Environmental Policy at a Time of Crisis: Benign Neglect, or a Leader Losing Pace?

Charlotte Burns is Professorial Fellow in Sustainable Growth in the Politics Department at the University of Sheffield. She is an expert in EU environmental policy and EU policy-making processes. Charlotte is the Principal Investigator on a three-year project examining the impact of the financial crisis upon European Union environmental policy, which has been funded by the Leverhulme Trust. She has published widely in journals within the field, including in Environmental Politics, the Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, and Political Studies.Paul Tobin is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Manchester. His article on 'Leaders and Laggards' in Climate Policy, published in Global Environmental Politics, won the INOGOV Best Paper Prize, and his Ph.D. was awarded the UACES Best PhD Thesis Prize. His work has also appeared in journals such as Global Environmental Change and the Journal of Common Market Studies.Sebastian Sewerin is a Senior Researcher in the Energy Politics Group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. In his research, which is published in Nature Energy, Research Policy, Policy Studies, and Environmental Politics, he analyses long-term changes in energy policy mixes.

the book is of interest to anyone wanting to understand the role of austerity measures for policies in general, and environmental policies in particular....The theoretical framework is one of the strengths of the book because the empirical chapters show the methodical plurality of the theory...Burns, Tobin, and Sewerin (2019) develop the Index of Policy Activity theoretical and methodology, which is applicable to other policy areas. Thus, the book is also of interest to scholars outside the field of environmental policy.

• 1: Charlotte Burns, Paul Tobin, and Sebastian Sewerin: Measuring the Impact of the Crisis on European Environmental Policy 2: Viviane Gravey and Brendan Moore: Full Steam Ahead or Dead in the Water? European Union Environmental Policy After the Economic Crisis 3: Sebastian Sewerin and Tobias S. Schmidt: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Renewable Energy Policy Mixes: A Comparative Analysis of Macro-, Meso- and Micro- Policy Dynamics 4: Jan-Justus Andreas: Turning Cuts into Growth: German and British Renewable Energy and Climate Policy During the Economic Crisis 5: Brendan Flynn: Irish Environmental Policy After the Economic Crisis: More of the Same but with Less? 6: Jakob Skovgaard, Roger Hildingsson, and Bengt Johansson: Environmental Policy and the Economic Crisis: The Swedish and Danish Cases 7: Simona Davidescu: Environmental Policy in Times of Crisis: Romania's Troubled Transition 8: Rosa Fernandez: The Effects of the International Economic Crisis on Spain's Environmental Policy 9: Nathalie Berny: The Restoration of Biodiversity in France: From Words to Deeds 10: Charlotte Burns, Paul Tobin, and Sebastian Sewerin: European Environmental Policy at a Time of Crisis: Benign Neglect, or a Leader Losing Pace?